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Professional - Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Pathophysiology

Barbara G, De Giorgio R, Stanghellini V, Cremon C, et al. "New pathophysiological mechanisms in irritable bowel syndrome." Alimentary and Pharmacological Therapeutics. 20 Suppl 2:1-9, 2004.

Bercik P, Verdu EF,  Collins SM.  "Is irritable bowel syndrome a low-grade inflammatory bowel disease?"  Gastroenterology Clinics of North America. 34(2):235-45, vi-vii, 2005.

Chang L.  "Brain responses to visceral and somatic stimuli in irritable bowel syndrome: a central nervous system disorder?"  Gastroenterology Clinics of North America. 34(2):271-9, 2005.

Collins SM, Piche T, Rampal P. "The putative role of inflammation in the irritable bowel syndrome." Gut. 49(6):743-745, 2001.

Crowell MD, Harris L,  Jones MP,  et al.  "New insights into the pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome: implications for future treatments." Current Gastroenterology Reports. 7(4):272-9, 2005.

Delvaux M. "Alterations of sensori-motor functions of the digestive tract in the pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome." Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology. 18(4):747-71, 2004.

Gershon MD.  "Nerves,  reflexes, and the enteric nervous system: pathogenesis of the irritable bowel syndrome." Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 39(4 Suppl):S184-93, 2005.

Guthrie E, Creed F, Fernandes L, et al. "Cluster analysis of symptoms and health seeking behaviour differentiates subgroups of patients with severe irritable bowel syndrome." Gut. 52(11):1616-1622, 2003.

Horwitz BJ and Fisher RS. "Current concepts: the irritable bowel syndrome." The New England Journal of Medicine. 344(24):1846-1850, 2001.

Kilkens TO, Honig A, van Nieuwenhoven MA, Riedel WJ, et al. "Acute tryptophan depletion affects brain-gut responses in irritable bowel syndrome patients and controls." Gut. 53(12):1794-800, 2004.

Kristjansson G, Venge P, Wanders A, Loof L, et al. "Clinical and subclinical intestinal inflammation assessed by the mucosal patch technique: studies of mucosal neutrophil and eosinophil activation in inflammatory bowel diseases and irritable bowel syndrome." Gut. 53(12):1806-12, 2004.

Lin HC. "Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth: a framework for understanding irritable bowel syndrome." JAMA. 292(7):852-8, 2004.

Parker TJ, Woolner JT, Prevost AT, et al. "Irritable bowel syndrome: is the search for lactose intolerance justified?" European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 13(3):219-225, 2001.

Parry S,  Forgacs I.  "Intestinal infection and irritable bowel syndrome." European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 17(1):5-9, 2005.

Qasim A, O’Brien H, Sebastian S, et al. "Platelet activation in patients with irritable bowel syndrome may reflect a subclinical inflammatory response." Gut. 52(12):1799-1800, 2003.

Quigley EM. Disturbances of motility and visceral hypersensitivity in irritable bowel syndrome: biological markers or epiphenomenon. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2005 Jun;34(2):221-33, vi.

Rodriguez LAG and Ruigomez A. "Increased risk of irritable bowel syndrome after bacterial gastroenteritis: cohort study." BMJ. 318(7183):565-566, 1999.

Schwetz I, Bradesi S, Mayer EA. "The pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome." Minerva Medica. 95(5):419-26, 2004.

Si JM, Yu YC, Fan YJ, et al. "Intestinal microecology and quality of life in irritable bowel syndrome patients." World Journal of Gastroenterology. 19(12):1802-1805, 2004.

Spiller RC. "Inflammation as a basis for functional GI disorders." Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology. (4):641-61, 2004.

Talley NJ. "Environmental versus genetic risk factors for irritable bowel syndrome: clinical and therapeutic implications." Reviews in Gastroenterological Disorders. 5(2):82-8, 2005.

Verdu EF and Collins SM. "Microbial-gut interactions in health and disease. Irritable bowel syndrome. Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology. 18(2):315-21, 2004.

Wang L-H, Fang X-C, Pan G-Z. "Bacillary dysentery as a causative factor of irritable bowel syndrome and its pathogenesis." Gut. 53(8):1096-1101, 2004.

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