Letter to Editor

Author

Students' Research Committee, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran

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sensitivity and symptoms in patients with irritable bowel 
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2. Vahedi H, Merat S, Rashidioon A, Ghoddoosi A, Malekzadeh R. 
The effect of fluoxetine in patients with pain and constipationpredominant irritable bowel syndrome: A double-blind 
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