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Irritable Bowel Syndrome

"Irritable Bowel Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A disorder with chronic or recurrent colonic symptoms without a clearcut etiology. This condition is characterized by chronic or recurrent ABDOMINAL PAIN, bloating, MUCUS in FECES, and an erratic disturbance of DEFECATION.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Irritable Bowel Syndrome" by people in this website by year, and whether "Irritable Bowel Syndrome" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 8 publications over 5 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2008
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