Multicenter observational study on functional bowel disorders diagnosed using Rome III diagnostic criteria in Japan.

Masayoshi OnoMototsugu KatoShuichi MiyamotoMomoko TsudaTakeshi MizushimaShouko OnoManabu NakagawaKatsuhiro MabeSoichi NakagawaShuichi MutoYuichi ShimizuMineo KudoShinichi KatsukiTakashi MeguroNaoya Sakamoto

Published in: Journal of gastroenterology (2018)

In Japan, the prevalence of FBDs and IBS is high, similar to that in the US. Many patients with FBDs have multiple symptoms.

Keyphrases

risk factors
cross sectional
irritable bowel syndrome
clinical trial
depressive symptoms