Gastroenterology
Volume 123, Issue 6 , Pages 2132-2135 , December 2002

The growing case for hypnosis as adjunctive therapy for functional gastrointestinal disorders

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☆ Address requests for reprints to: William E. Whitehead, Ph.D., Center for Functional Gastrointestinal & Motility Disorders, University of North Carolina, CB #7080, 724 Burnett-Womack Building, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599. e-mail: William_Whitehead@med.unc.edu; fax: (919) 966-6842.

PII: S0016-5085(02)00482-1

doi: 10.1053/gast.2002.37286

Gastroenterology
Volume 123, Issue 6 , Pages 2132-2135 , December 2002

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