Rome III functional constipation and irritable bowel syndrome with constipation are similar disorders within a spectrum of sensitization, regulated by serotonin.

Shekhar, Chander; Pj, Monaghan; Morris, Jane; Issa, B.; J. Whorwell, Peter; Keevil, Brian; A. Houghton, Lesley

doi:10.1053/j

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Rome III functional constipation and irritable bowel syndrome with constipation are similar disorders within a spectrum of sensitization, regulated by serotonin.

Published in IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) • Jan 1, 2013

Authors:

Chander Shekhar

Monaghan Pj

Jane Morris

Abstract

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) and patients with functional constipation (FC) have similar symptoms, and these disorders overlap in their diagnostic features. Little is known about their overlap in physiology or the involvement of serotonin signal...

Subject

Irritable bowel syndrome

Medicine

Constipation

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