A self administered reliable questionnaire to assess lower bowel symptoms
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A self administered reliable questionnaire to assess lower bowel symptoms
BACKGROUND Bowel symptoms are considered indicators of the presence of colorectal cancer and other bowel diseases. Self administered questionnaires that elicit information about lower bowel symptoms have not been assessed for reliability, although this has been done for upper bowel symptoms. Our aim was to develop a self administered questionnaire for eliciting the presence, nature and severity...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Gastroenterology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1471-230X
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230x-8-8