Randomized patients in IBS research had different disease characteristics compared to eligible and recruited patients

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
1082763	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	2008	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Patients randomized do differ from those nonrandomized in IBS disease characteristics. These observations may have implications for the applicability of our research outcome.

Keywords

Recruitment Epidemiology irritable bowel syndrome Generalizability Randomized Clinical Trial

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Randomized patients in IBS research had different disease characteristics compared to eligible and recruited patients

Authors

C.J. Bijkerk, J.W.M. Muris, J.A. Knottnerus, A.W. Hoes, N.J. de Wit,