Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic functional gastrointestinal disorder that is characterized by abdominal pain and an altered defecation pattern. It affects between 5 and 20% of the general population and can seriously impact quality of life. T
asthma (Spycher et al.2010; Lødrup Carlsen and Carlsen2012). However, the characteristics used for the definition of the various phenotypes are not necessarily directly related to the underlying pathogenetic process(es). Aiming at the development of personalized therapies, i.e., therapeutic appro...