IBS is a functional disorder, which means that while the body's function is impaired, its structure is unchanged.
Pathology It is a functional disorder without any specific pathology.
Any functional disorder in their performance may cause insufficient ventilation.
Gastroenterologists now recognize that I.B.S. is a real physiological, or "functional," disorder, though no specific cause has been discovered.
The syndrome is categorized as a functional disorder, meaning there is no known physical cause, and it is often misunderstood.
By Berton Roueché The New Yorker, July 16, 1979 P. 82 ANNALS OF MEDICINE about a case of Wilson's disease that was misdiagnosed as a functional disorder.
ANNALS OF MEDICINE about a case of Wilson's disease that was misdiagnosed as a functional disorder.
Biliary dyskinesia, obscure functional disorder related in some way to the workings of the biliary tract, the structures that serve to secrete, transport, and store bile.
At that time, various British, German, and French physicians recognized the problem of chronic "pains without lesion" and attributed them to a functional disorder or persistent irritation of the nervous system.
The traditional classification of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as a functional disorder has been challenged in recent years by evidence of ongoing low-grade gastrointestinal tract inflammation.
Bladder cancer remains a difficult management problem, because of the high recurrence rate or the functional disorder of bladder post radical cystectomy.
