The global prevalence of IBS in adults remains elusive due to the heterogeneity of studies: a Rome Foundation working team literature review

Ami D Sperber; Dan Dumitrascu; Shin Fukudo; Charles Gerson; Uday C Ghoshal; Kok Ann Gwee; A Pali S Hungin; Jin-Yong Kang; Chen Minhu; Max Schmulson; Arkady Bolotin; Michael Friger; Tamar Freud; William Whitehead

doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2015-311240

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Neurogastroenterology

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The global prevalence of IBS in adults remains elusive due to the heterogeneity of studies: a Rome Foundation working team literature review

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Ami D Sperber Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Dan Dumitrascu 2nd Medical Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Shin Fukudo Department of Behavioral Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Seiryo Aoba, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Charles Gerson Division of Gastroenterology, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Mind-Body Digestive Center, New York, New York, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Uday C Ghoshal Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI), Lucknow, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kok Ann Gwee Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore PubMed articles Google scholar articles
A Pali S Hungin Durham University School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Wolfson Research Institute, Stockton-on-Tees, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jin-Yong Kang Department of Gastroenterology, St. George's Hospital, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Chen Minhu Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Max Schmulson Laboratory of Liver, Pancreas and Motility (HIPAM), Unit of Research in Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Arkady Bolotin Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael Friger Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tamar Freud Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel PubMed articles Google scholar articles
William Whitehead Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Ami D Sperber, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel; amiroie{at}me.com

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Sperber AD, Dumitrascu D, Fukudo S, et al

The global prevalence of IBS in adults remains elusive due to the heterogeneity of studies: a Rome Foundation working team literature review

Gut 2017;66:1075-1082.

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Received December 7, 2015
Revised December 31, 2015
Accepted January 6, 2016
First published January 27, 2016.

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June 11, 2017

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