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Rev Prat. 2008 Jun 15;58(11):1194-8.

[Diarrhea predominant irritable bowel syndrome].

La Revue du praticien

[Article in French]
Jean-Marc Sabaté, Benoît Coffin

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  1. Service d'hepato-gastroent?ologie, Hôpital Louis-Mourier, AP-HP 92700 Colombes, France.

PMID: 18689115

Abstract

The diagnosis of diarrhea predominant irritable bowel syndrome (D-IBS) should be a positive diagnosis, based on Rome criteria, and not a diagnosis of exclusion. However, it is in this situation that investigations are frequently performed. But full and complete explorations are not systematically required as they are frequently normal, and normal results do not have a positive influence on symptom evolution. Treatment of D-IBOS is mainly based on antispasmodics and antidiarrheal agents antidepressant agent can be used.

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