Dr. Peter Whorwell
Professor of Gastroenterology
1st Floor, ERC, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor
Road, Manchester, M23 9LT
Tel : 0161 291 5813
EMail : peter.whorwell@manchester.ac.uk
INTERESTS:
RESEARCH EXPERTISE & SKILLS:
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Whorwell PJ. Serotonin receptor modulation in irritable bowel syndrome: one step forwards and one step backwards. Gut 2001;48(5):596-597.
Lea R., Whorwell PJ. Quality of life in the irritable bowel syndrome. Pharmacoeconomics 2001;19(6):643-53.
Lea R., Whorwell PJ. Treatment of diarrhoea and constipation predominant IBS. Curr Treat Options Gastroenterology 2001 Aug;4(4):299-308.
Lewis M., Reilly B., Houghton LA., Whorwell PJ. Ambulatory abdominal inductance plethysmography: towards objective assessment of abdominal distension in irritable bowel syndrome. Gut 2001;48(2):216-20.
Houghton LA., Lea R., Jackson N., Whorwell PJ. The menstrual cycle affects rectal sensitivity in patients with irritable bowel syndrome but not healthy volunteers. Gut 2001 (in press).
Houghton LA., Jackson NA., Whorwell PJ., Morris J. Do male sex hormones protect from irritable bowel syndrome? Am J Gastroenterology 2000;95(9):2296-300.
Houghton LA., Foster J., Whorwell PJ. Alsosetron delays colonic transit in healthy volunteers and patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2000;14(6):775-82.
Van Zanten S., Talley NJ., Whorwell PJ. Design of treatment trials in functional bowel disorders. Chapter 11 in: Rome II ~ The Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders. Ed: Drossman DA., Corazziari E., Talley NJ., Whitehead WE. Degnon Associates McLean VA 2000.
Whorwell PJ. The problem of gas in irritable bowel syndrome. American Journal of Gastroenterology 2000;95(7):1618-9.
MEETINGS:
Controversies in Gastroenterology, London, December 2000.
Symposium of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Malta, January 2001.
Symposium on Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Vancover, February 2001.
Pain and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Gotenberg, August 2001.
Symposium on Management of Pain, London, February 2001.
Symposium on Consciousness and the Manipulation of the Brain, Royal Society of Medicine, London, June 2001.
