In the past decade we have witnessed an explosion in the quantity and quality of research in the functional gastrointestinal disorders. I discuss 10 top original research papers that, unless recent, have been highly cited, published in a high-impact journal and have probably shifted thinking in the field.
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Talley, N. 'Functional' gastrointestinal disorders—a paradigm shift. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 11, 649–650 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2014.163
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