Are IBD patients more likely to have a prior diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome?: report of a case-control study in the General Practice Research Database
Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients are sometimes first diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which may be construed as a misdiagnosis. Objective: The objective of this article is to determine if this occurs more than expected by chance. Methods: We conducted a case-...
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SAGE
2014
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37019/ |