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In 2004, [[Medscape]] published an article by the noted HIV/AIDS specialist [[John G. Bartlett]] which stated that gay bowel syndrome is a significant issue in regards [[HIV]] infection (In 2004, the [[Johns Hopkins Hospital|Johns Hopkins]] HIV Guide website also featured a literature review article about gay bowel syndrome by the John G. Bartlett, M.D. which is essentially a duplicate of the aforementioned article at Medscape).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120130223/http://www.hopkins-hivguide.org/literature_review/02-2004/new_look_at_gay_bowel_syndrome.html Johns Hopkins HIV Guide, review of the literature - essentially duplicate of Medscape's New Look at Gay Bowel Syndrome], 2004, Wayback machine</ref><ref>[http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/470936_4 Medscape - New Look at "Gay Bowel Syndrome"]</ref>   

In 2004, [[Medscape]] published an article by the noted HIV/AIDS specialist [[John G. Bartlett]] which stated that gay bowel syndrome is a significant issue in regards [[HIV]] infection (In 2004, the [[Johns Hopkins Hospital|Johns Hopkins]] HIV Guide website also featured a literature review article about gay bowel syndrome by the John G. Bartlett, M.D. which is essentially a duplicate of the aforementioned article at Medscape).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120130223/http://www.hopkins-hivguide.org/literature_review/02-2004/new_look_at_gay_bowel_syndrome.html Johns Hopkins HIV Guide, review of the literature - essentially duplicate of Medscape's New Look at Gay Bowel Syndrome], 2004, Wayback machine</ref><ref>[http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/470936_4 Medscape - New Look at "Gay Bowel Syndrome"]</ref>   

 

Gay bowel syndrome is a clinical pattern of anorectal and colon diseases which occur with unusual frequency in [[homosexuality|homosexual]] patients (the diseases are not exclusive to male homosexuals).<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=946385&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus The gay bowel syndrome: clinico-pathologic correlation in 260 cases.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=578386&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus N. Sohn, JG Robilotti Jr. ''The gay bowel syndrome. A review of colonic and rectal conditions in 200 male homosexuals''. AM J Gastroenterol 1977 May;67(5):478-84]</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3225/is_n3_v47/ai_13502158/pg_1 Clinical features and diagnosis - Inflammatory Bowel Disease, part 1] - American Family Physician,  Feb 15, 1993  by Glen E. Hastings,  Richard J. Weber</ref>   

Gay bowel syndrome is a clinical pattern of anorectal and colon diseases which occur with unusual frequency in [[homosexuality|homosexual]] patients (the diseases are not exclusive to male homosexuals).<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=946385&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus The gay bowel syndrome: clinico-pathologic correlation in 260 cases.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=578386&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus N. Sohn, JG Robilotti Jr. ''The gay bowel syndrome. A review of colonic and rectal conditions in 200 male homosexuals''. AM J Gastroenterol 1977 May;67(5):478-84]</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3225/is_n3_v47/ai_13502158/pg_1 Clinical features and diagnosis - Inflammatory Bowel Disease, part 1] - American Family Physician,  Feb 15, 1993  by Glen E. Hastings,  Richard J. Weber</ref>   

N. Sohn and JG Robilotti Jr., who were among the authors of the previously cited article in the ''Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science'' wrote in the [[American Journal of Gastroenterology]] regarding gay bowel syndrome that "It is important to recognize homosexual patients and the conditions to which they are predisposed. In 1980 Dr. Michael Heller, who was a [[San Francisco]] physician, wrote in the ''Annals of Emergency Medicine'' in a article titled ''The Gay Bowel Syndrome: A Common Problem of Homosexual Patients in the Emergency Department''

N. Sohn and JG Robilotti Jr., who were among the authors of the previously cited article in the ''Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science'' wrote in the [[American Journal of Gastroenterology]] regarding gay bowel syndrome that "It is important to recognize homosexual patients and the conditions to which they are predisposed. In 1980 Dr. Michael Heller, who was a [[San Francisco]] physician, wrote in the ''Annals of Emergency Medicine'' in a article titled ''The Gay Bowel Syndrome: A Common Problem of Homosexual Patients in the Emergency Department''

that "In recent years, it has been recognized that homosexual men are subject to a remarkable variety of colorectal disorders."<ref>Dr. Michael Heller, ''The gay bowel syndrome: a common problem of homosexual patients in the emergency department''. Annals of  Emergency Medicine 1980 Sep;9(9), page 487</ref>

that "In recent years, it has been recognized that homosexual men are subject to a remarkable variety of colorectal disorders."<ref>Dr. Michael Heller, ''The gay bowel syndrome: a common problem of homosexual patients in the emergency department''. Annals of  Emergency Medicine 1980 Sep;9(9), page 487</ref>

 

Glen Hastings and Richard Weber in 1993 wrote the following regarding gay bowel syndrome in the peer reviewed medical journal ''[[American Family Physician]]'': "The 1980s brought a recognition of gay bowel disease and its similarities to [[Inflammatory Bowel Disease|inflammatory bowel disease]]."<ref>''Inflammatory bowel disease: Part I. Clinical features and diagnosis.'' by Hastings GE, Weber RJ., Am Fam Physician. 1993 Feb 15;47(3):598-608.</ref>

Glen Hastings and Richard Weber in 1993 wrote the following regarding gay bowel syndrome in the peer reviewed medical journal ''[[American Family Physician]]'': "The 1980s brought a recognition of gay bowel disease and its similarities to [[Inflammatory Bowel Disease|inflammatory bowel disease]]."<ref>''Inflammatory bowel disease: Part I. Clinical features and diagnosis.'' by Hastings GE, Weber RJ., Am Fam Physician. 1993 Feb 15;47(3):598-608.</ref>