Italian guidelines for the management of irritable bowel syndrome in children and adolescents

• Main Authors: Giovanni Di Nardo (Author), Giovanni Barbara (Author), Osvaldo Borrelli (Author), Cesare Cremon (Author), Valentina Giorgio (Author), Luigi Greco (Author), Michele La Pietra (Author), Giovanni Marasco (Author), Licia Pensabene (Author), Marisa Piccirillo (Author), Claudio Romano (Author), Silvia Salvatore (Author), Michele Saviano (Author), Vincenzo Stanghellini (Author), Caterina Strisciuglio (Author), Renato Tambucci (Author), Rossella Turco (Author), Letizia Zenzeri (Author), Annamaria Staiano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract The irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID), whose prevalence has widely increased in pediatric population during the past two decades. The exact pathophysiological mechanism underlying IBS is still uncertain, thus resulting in challenging diagnosis a...