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BRIZUELA QUINTANILLA, Raúl A.. The irritable bowel syndrome. Rev Cub Med Mil [online]. 1997, vol.26, n.1, pp. 63-68. ISSN 1561-3046.

The irritable bowel syndrome is a very common disease in the daily medical practice within the military sphere that affects mainly those who have a high responsability. Due to its great variety as regards its form of presentation and therapeutic difficulty, it was made a review of the topic that included diagnostic criteria, the most frequent extradigestive manifestations, its clinical forms, as well as the most used treatments to control the disease.

Palavras-chave : COLONIC DISEASES FUNCTIONAL [therapy]; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL [etiology]; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL [complications]; MILITARY MEDICINE.