An Initial Attack of Urinary Stone Disease Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Developing New-Onset Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Nationwide Population-Based Study

Wei-Yuan Lei; Chih-Yu Chang; Jr-Hau Wu; Fei-Hung Lin; Cheng Hsu Chen; Chin-Fu Chang; Yan-Ren Lin; Han-Ping Wu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157701

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An Initial Attack of Urinary Stone Disease Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Developing New-Onset Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Nationwide Population-Based Study

Wei-Yuan Lei,

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
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Chih-Yu Chang,

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, Department of Biological Science and Technology of Biochemical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Jr-Hau Wu,

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
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Fei-Hung Lin,

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
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Cheng Hsu Chen,

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
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Chin-Fu Chang,

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
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Yan-Ren Lin ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yan-Ren Lin, Han-Ping Wu

* E-mail: h6213.lac@gmail.com (YRL); arthur1226@gmail.com (HPW)

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Han-Ping Wu

Contributed equally to this work with: Yan-Ren Lin, Han-Ping Wu

* E-mail: h6213.lac@gmail.com (YRL); arthur1226@gmail.com (HPW)

Affiliations Division of Pediatric General Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linko, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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An Initial Attack of Urinary Stone Disease Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Developing New-Onset Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Nationwide Population-Based Study

Wei-Yuan Lei,
Chih-Yu Chang,
Jr-Hau Wu,
Fei-Hung Lin,
Cheng Hsu Chen,
Chin-Fu Chang,
Yan-Ren Lin,
Han-Ping Wu

Published: June 23, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157701

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