Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 1302-1311 , April 2010

Epidemiology of Functional Dyspepsia and Subgroups in the Italian General Population: An Endoscopic Study

  • Rocco Maurizio Zagari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
    • Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Leeds, Leeds, England
    • ,
  • Graham Richard Law

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Leeds, Leeds, England
    • ,
  • Lorenzo Fuccio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
    • ,
  • Vincenzo Cennamo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
    • ,
  • Mark S. Gilthorpe

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Leeds, Leeds, England
    • ,
  • David Forman

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Leeds, Leeds, England
    • ,
  • Franco Bazzoli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Franco Bazzoli, MD, Department of Clinical Medicine, Bologna University, Policlinico Sant'Orsola, Via Massarenti n. 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy. fax: (39) 0 513 43926

Received 11 September 2009 ,Accepted 29 December 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported by a grant from the “Fondazione del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna,” Italy.

PII: S0016-5085(10)00009-0

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.12.057

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 1302-1311 , April 2010

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