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SUBMITTER: Cheung CK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4273120 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cheung Cynthia K Y CK Wu Justin C Y JC
World journal of gastroenterology 20141201 47
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a complex symptom-based disorder without established biomarkers or putative pathophysiology. IBS is a common functional gastrointestinal disorder which is defined as recurrent abdominal pain or discomfort that has at least two of the following symptoms for 3 d per month in the past 3 mo according to ROME III: relief by defecation, onset associated with a change in stool frequency or onset with change in appearance or form of stool. Recent discoveries revealed ge ...[more]