Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 1727-1736 , May 2010

Prevalence of Uninvestigated Dyspepsia 8 Years After a Large Waterborne Outbreak of Bacterial Dysentery: A Cohort Study

  • Alexander C. Ford

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Alex Ford, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University Medical Centre, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. fax: (001) 9055 214958
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  • Marroon Thabane

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Stephen M. Collins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Paul Moayyedi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Amit X. Garg

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology and Kidney Research Unit, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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  • William F. Clark

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology and Kidney Research Unit, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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  • John K. Marshall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Received 1 October 2009 ,Accepted 21 January 2010.

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 This article has an accompanying continuing medical education activity on page e12. Learning Objective: Upon completion of reading this article, successful learners will appreciate the occurrence of dyspepsia after an outbreak of gastroenteritis.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

PII: S0016-5085(10)00149-6

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.01.043

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 1727-1736 , May 2010

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