title: Irritable bowel syndrome--making the diagnosis.
abstract: Irritable bowel syndrome need not be a diagnosis of exclusion. It can be made with confidence on clinical grounds, without wasting secondary care resources or increasing the patient's anxiety by unnecessary investigations.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003109:Colonic Diseases, Functional / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003248:Constipation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005414:Flatulence / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged