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Overview

Alexander C. Ford is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses predominantly on medicine, with a specialization in gastroenterology, surgery, epidemiology, physiology, and genetics. The total number of their publications in medicine reaches 499, with gastroenterology accounting for 196 of those.

The main topics covered by Alexander C. Ford's research include:

  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Microscopic Colitis
  • Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
  • Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Music Therapy and Health

Alexander C. Ford frequently publishes in several prominent venues, including:

  • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • Gastroenterology
  • Gut
  • The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Neurogastroenterology & Motility

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors comprising:

  • Christopher J. Black
  • David J. Gracie
  • Vivek C. Goodoory
  • Brigida Barberio
  • Lesley A. Houghton

Among the recent papers that Alexander C. Ford has authored or co-authored are the following:

  • "Global prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome according to Rome III or IV criteria: a systematic review and meta-analysis," 2020, The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • "Irritable bowel syndrome," 2020, The Lancet
  • "Prevalence of symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis," 2021, The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • "Global burden of irritable bowel syndrome: trends, predictions and risk factors," 2020, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • "Functional gastrointestinal disorders: advances in understanding and management," 2020, The Lancet

Best Publications

  • Global Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Meta-analysis

    Rebecca M. Lovell;Alexander C. Ford;Alexander C. Ford

  • Prevalence of, and risk factors for, chronic idiopathic constipation in the community: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Nicole C Suares;Alexander C Ford

  • The efficacy of probiotics in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: a systematic review

    Paul Moayyedi;Alexander Charles Ford;Nicholas J Talley;Filippo Cremonini

  • Probiotic Bifidobacterium longum NCC3001 Reduces Depression Scores and Alters Brain Activity: A Pilot Study in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

    Maria Ines Pinto-Sanchez;Geoffrey B. Hall;Kathy Ghajar;Andrea Nardelli

  • Efficacy of prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics in irritable bowel syndrome and chronic idiopathic constipation: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Alexander C Ford;Eamonn M M Quigley;Brian E Lacy;Anthony J Lembo

  • Effect of fibre, antispasmodics, and peppermint oil in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Alexander C Ford;Nicholas J Talley;Brennan M R Spiegel;Amy E Foxx-Orenstein

  • Efficacy of antidepressants and psychological therapies in irritable bowel syndrome: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Alexander Charles Ford;Nicholas J Talley;Philip S Schoenfeld;Eamonn Mm Quigley

  • Efficacy of biological therapies in inflammatory bowel disease: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Alexander C Ford;William J Sandborn;Khurram J Khan;Stephen B Hanauer

  • Antibiotic Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Khurram J Khan;Thomas A Ullman;Alexander C Ford;Maria T Abreu

  • Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy to prevent gastric cancer in healthy asymptomatic infected individuals: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

    Alexander C Ford;Alexander C Ford;David Forman;Richard H Hunt;Yuhong Yuan

  • American College of Gastroenterology monograph on the management of irritable bowel syndrome and chronic idiopathic constipation.

    Alexander C Ford;Paul Moayyedi;Brian E Lacy;Anthony J Lembo

  • Prevalence of Symptoms Meeting Criteria for Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Stephen J Halpin;Alexander C Ford

  • Global prevalence of, and risk factors for, gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms: a meta-analysis

    Leonardo Henry Eusebi;Raguprakash Ratnakumaran;Yuhong Yuan;Masoud Solaymani-Dodaran

  • Global prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome according to Rome III or IV criteria: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Priya Oka;Heather Parr;Heather Parr;Brigida Barberio;Christopher J Black;Christopher J Black

  • Systematic review with meta-analysis: the efficacy of prebiotics, probiotics, synbiotics and antibiotics in irritable bowel syndrome.

    Alexander C. Ford;Alexander C. Ford;Lucinda A. Harris;Brian E. Lacy;Eamonn Martin Quigley

  • Irritable bowel syndrome.

    Alexander C Ford;Alexander C Ford;Ami D Sperber;Maura Corsetti;Maura Corsetti;Michael Camilleri

  • Eradication therapy for peptic ulcer disease in Helicobacter pylori‐positive people

    Alexander C Ford;Kurinchi Selvan Gurusamy;Brendan Delaney;David Forman

  • Global prevalence of, and risk factors for, uninvestigated dyspepsia: a meta-analysis

    Alexander C Ford;Avantika Marwaha;Ruchit Sood;Ruchit Sood;Paul Moayyedi

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    Alexander C Ford;Brian E Lacy;Nicholas J Talley

  • Pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome.

    Gerald J Holtmann;Alexander C Ford;Alexander C Ford;Nicholas J Talley;Nicholas J Talley

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Moayyedi
Paul Moayyedi McMaster University
Nicholas J. Talley
Nicholas J. Talley University of Newcastle Australia
Eamonn Martin Quigley
Eamonn Martin Quigley Cornell University
David Forman
David Forman International Agency For Research On Cancer
Brennan M.R. Spiegel
Brennan M.R. Spiegel Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Edoardo Savarino
Edoardo Savarino University of Padua
David Sanders
David Sanders Royal Hallamshire Hospital
William D. Chey
William D. Chey University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Magnus Simren
Magnus Simren University of Gothenburg

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