Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 1 , Pages 23-26 , July 2009

New Epidemiologic Evidence on Functional Dyspepsia Subgroups and Their Relationship to Psychosocial Dysfunction

  • Lukas Van Oudenhove

      Affiliations

    • Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Diseases (TARGID), Gastroenterology Section, Department of Pathophysiology and Psychiatry Division, Department of Neurosciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
    • ,
  • Jan Tack

      Affiliations

    • Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Diseases (TARGID), Gastroenterology Section, Department of Pathophysiology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Prof Dr Jan Tack, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Diseases (TARGID), University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Onderwijs & Navorsing I, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0016-5085(09)00777-X

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.05.012

Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 1 , Pages 23-26 , July 2009

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