title: The rectum: a window to irritable bowel syndrome?
abstract: This report summarizes current concepts and information gathered to date about the rectum in the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) that were presented at the 10th meeting of IBiS Club held in Leuven, Belgium. A working group of experts in the field of IBS discussed whether the rectum or the whole colon is the better site to test in IBS patients and provided suggestions for a number of areas where further advances are required.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, KULeuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Coremans
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Azpiroz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dapoigny
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Müller-Lissner
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pace
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smout
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Stockbrügger
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Whorwell
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003109:Colonic Diseases, Functional / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003248:Constipation / Q000503:physiopathology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000503:physiopathology; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008365:Manometry; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012007:Rectum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*