Brief Article
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World J Gastroenterol. May 7, 2012; 18(17): 2067-2075
Published online May 7, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i17.2067
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Figure 2 Relative changes in irritable bowel syndrome severity score between V2 and V3, V2 and V4 in irritable bowel syndrome patients with predominance of diarrhoea. V2: Baseline; V3: At the end of the 4-wk treatment period, a more marked decrease in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) severity score occurred with the test drug (-36.6% vs -3.1% with placebo); V4: Two weeks later, the IBS severity score was maintained below baseline with the test drug (-19.1%), whilst it slightly increased over baseline (+4.9%) with placebo.