Magdy El-Salhy, Jan Gunnar Hatlebakk, Trygve Hausken

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Understanding and Controlling the Irritable Bowel (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

This easy-to-read book gives sufferers of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) strategies to improve both their symptoms and quality of life. Up-to-date information about IBS is provided and developments in the understanding and management of IBS from the last decade are discussed, by authors who are gastroenterologists with long experience of working with IBS patients.

Each chapter begins with a summary containing the most important points, and includes a large number of illustrations. Thus, the reader can obtain a quick overview by simply reading the summary of each chapter and going through the illustrations; chapters of interest can be read in more detail when more time is available.

Understanding and Controlling the Irritable Bowel helps patients suffering from this disorder to manage it and to prevent it from interfering with their everyday activities.

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Barrierefreiheit

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Autor

Magdy El-Salhy is Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the School of Medicine, University of Bergen and is a consultant gastroenterologist at Stord Hospital, Norway. Professor El-Salhy's research field for the last 40 years has been the neuroendocrine system of the gastrointestinal tract, from basic science to clinical applications. During the last 10 years he has focused his research on irritable bowel syndrome. Jan Gunnar Hatlebakk is a consultant gastroenterologist at Haukeland University Hospital, Professor of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Clinical Nutrition at University of Bergen Medical School, Norway, and head of the National Center for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders. Professor Hatlebakk's research interests have included functional gastrointestinal disorders as well as gastroesophageal reflux and gastrointestinal motility disorders. Trygve Hausken is Professor of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, and head of the gastroenterology section as well as a consultant gastroenterologist at Haukeland University Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway. He completed his PhD (Medicine) in 1992 and has been a specialist in gastroenterology at Haukeland University Hospital since 1989.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 85
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319156422
• Artikelnr.: 43794269