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Overview

Lin Chang is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States and has a significant body of work in the field of medicine, with a focus on gastroenterology. Their research spans across gastroenterology, surgery, physiology, molecular biology, and social psychology.

Their work covers a wide range of topics, including:

  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
  • Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies
  • Infant health and development
  • Music therapy and health

Lin Chang has contributed to numerous publications, frequently appearing in the following venues:

  • Gastroenterology
  • The American Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Neurogastroenterology & Motility
  • Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Their notable recent papers include:

  • "Genome-wide analysis of 53,400 people with irritable bowel syndrome highlights shared genetic pathways with mood and anxiety disorders," 2021, Nature Genetics
  • "A Review of the Evidence and Recommendations on Communication Skills and the Patient-Provider Relationship: A Rome Foundation Working Team Report," 2021, Gastroenterology
  • "AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on the Pharmacological Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Diarrhea," 2022, Gastroenterology
  • "AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on the Pharmacological Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Constipation," 2022, Gastroenterology
  • "American Gastroenterological Association-American College of Gastroenterology Clinical Practice Guideline: Pharmacological Management of Chronic Idiopathic Constipation," 2023, Gastroenterology

Frequent co-authors associated with Lin Chang include:

  • Emeran A. Mayer
  • Jennifer S. Labus
  • Arpana Gupta
  • Swapna Mahurkar-Joshi
  • Bruce D. Naliboff

Best Publications

  • Prevention and management of gastroesophageal varices and variceal hemorrhage in cirrhosis.

    Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao;Arun J. Sanyal;Norman D. Grace;William D. Carey

  • Practice guidelines in acute pancreatitis.

    Peter A. Banks;Martin L. Freeman;Ronnie Fass;Darren S. Baroni

  • Irritable bowel syndrome in the United States: prevalence, symptom patterns and impact.

    A. P. S. Hungin;L. Chang;G. R. Locke;E. H. Dennis

  • V. Stress and irritable bowel syndrome

    Emeran A. Mayer;Bruce D. Naliboff;Lin Chang;Santosh V. Coutinho

  • Development and Validation of the Rome IV Diagnostic Questionnaire for Adults

    Olafur S. Palsson;William E. Whitehead;Miranda A.L. Van Tilburg;Lin Chang

  • Gender, age, society, culture, and the patient's perspective in the functional gastrointestinal disorders.

    Lin Chang;Brenda B. Toner;Brenda B. Toner;Shin Fukudo;Elspeth Guthrie

  • The Visceral Sensitivity Index: development and validation of a gastrointestinal symptom-specific anxiety scale.

    J. S. Labus;R. Bolus;L. Chang;I. Wiklund

  • ACG practice guidelines: esophageal reflux testing

    Ikuo Hirano;Joel E. Richter;Ronnie Fass;Darren S. Baroni

  • Review article: epidemiology and quality of life in functional gastrointestinal disorders.

    L. Chang

  • Repetitive sigmoid stimulation induces rectal hyperalgesia in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

    Julie Munakata;Bruce Naliboff;Farzaneh Harraf;Anatoly Kodner

  • Gender differences in irritable bowel syndrome

    Lin Chang;Margaret M. Heitkemper

  • Cerebral activation in patients with irritable bowel syndrome and control subjects during rectosigmoid stimulation.

    Bruce D. Naliboff;Stuart W. G. Derbyshire;Julie Munakata;Steve Berman

  • Sex-related differences in IBS patients: central processing of visceral stimuli.

    Bruce D Naliboff;Steve Berman;Lin Chang;Stuart W.G Derbyshire

  • Association Between Early Adverse Life Events and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    Kara Bradford;Kara Bradford;Wendy Shih;Elizabeth J. Videlock;Angela P. Presson

  • Differences in brain responses to visceral pain between patients with irritable bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis

    Emeran A. Mayer;Steven Berman;Brandall Suyenobu;Jennifer Labus

  • Gender-related differences in IBS symptoms

    Oh Young Lee;Emeran A Mayer;Max Schmulson;Lin Chang

  • Dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in irritable bowel syndrome

    L. Chang;S. Sundaresh;J. Elliott;P. A. Anton

  • Systematic review: cardiovascular safety profile of 5-HT(4) agonists developed for gastrointestinal disorders

    J. Tack;M. Camilleri;L. Chang;W. D. Chey

  • The Role of Stress on Physiologic Responses and Clinical Symptoms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    Lin Chang

  • Chapter 3: Bowel Disorders

    Fermín Mearin;Brian Lacy;Lin Chang;William Chey

Frequent Co-Authors

Emeran A. Mayer
Emeran A. Mayer University of California, Los Angeles
Bruce D. Naliboff
Bruce D. Naliboff University of California, Los Angeles
Brennan M.R. Spiegel
Brennan M.R. Spiegel Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
William D. Chey
William D. Chey University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jennifer S. Labus
Jennifer S. Labus University of California, Los Angeles
Anthony Lembo
Anthony Lembo Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Charalabos Pothoulakis
Charalabos Pothoulakis University of California, Los Angeles
Douglas A. Drossman
Douglas A. Drossman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dimitrios Iliopoulos
Dimitrios Iliopoulos University of California, Los Angeles
Dinesh Khanna
Dinesh Khanna University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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