The irritable bowel syndrome in the urban South African Negro.
The 'irritable bowel syndrome' is a disorder of civilisation, in which a low-residue fibre-deficient diet is probably the major aetiological factor. This is illustrated by the first 2 Black patients presenting with this syndrome. They represent a population which has only recently changed from a rural to an urban way of life.
D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D044383:Black People; D003109:Colonic Diseases, Functional / Q000209:etiology; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013019:South Africa; D013577:Syndrome; D014505:Urban Population
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates