title: [Major gastrointestinal syndromes (1): general remarks].
abstract: We will review concepts of the maladies of the people, focusing the problems as "great" syndromes, that are those that include the greater number of gastrointestinal symptoms. We begin this series of articles, reviewing aspects of the multifactorial genesis of the diseases, the real core of the diagnosis and the classification of the organic and "functional" gastrointestinal disorders.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Peruana cayetano Heredia, Peru. rlbmd@ndt-innovations.com
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: León-Barúa
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berendson-Seminario
mesh_terms: D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D013577:Syndrome