ROME IV FGIDs | Chapter 7: Multicultural Aspects of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

ROME IV FGIDs | Chapter 6: Age, Gender, and Women’s Health and the Patient

ROME IV FGIDs | Chapter 8: Biopsychosocial Aspects of FGIDs

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