What Are The Parts Of The Digestive System And What Are Their Functions?
Spastic colon; Irritable colon; Mucous colitis; Spastic colitis
Prevention
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Irritable bowel syndrome. NIH Publication No. 07-693. September 2007. The National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC).
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