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Abstract
A disorder with chronic or recurrent colonic symptoms without a clearcut etiology. This condition is characterized by chronic or recurrent ABDOMINAL PAIN, bloating, MUCUS in FECES, and an erratic disturbance of DEFECATION.
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- Colitis, Mucous
- Colon, Irritable
- Colitides, Mucous
- Irritable Bowel Syndromes
- Irritable Colon
- Mucous Colitides
- Mucous Colitis
- Syndrome, Irritable Bowel
- Syndromes, Irritable Bowel
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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History Note
2004; use COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL 1979-2003
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Previous Indexing
- Colonic Diseases (1967-1970)
- Colonic Diseases, Functional (1970-2003)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D043183. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D043183
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irritable_bowel_syndrome
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q838966