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Colon motility and psychological traits in irritable bowel syndrome

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  1. Departamento de Patología General y Fisiopatología Instituto de Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

    Fuad Lechin MD

  2. Departamento de Bioquímica Escuela de Bioanálisis, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

    Bertha van der Dijs MD

  3. Johns Hopkins University Medical School Guest Worker, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland

    William E. Whitehead PhD

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Lechin, F., van der Dijs, B. & Whitehead, W.E. Colon motility and psychological traits in irritable bowel syndrome. Digest Dis Sci 26, 474–476 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01313595

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