Simmering Innards: Does Irritable Bowl Syndrome Have an Immunological Basis?

Not so long ago, physicians construed the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as being a neurotic trait: it was all in the head. Today most clinicians believe that the main abnormality lies in the brain (and spinal cord), which reacts abnormally to stimuli from the gut. Recent studies are identifying...

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Main Authors: Christopher N Andrews, Eldon A Shaffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2004-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/707528
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