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A 37-year-old woman has crampy abdominal pain, bloating and alternating diarrhoea and constipation for 9 months. Colonoscopy and blood tests including coeliac serology are normal. Symptoms are worse with stress and improve after defaecation. There is no weight loss or rectal bleeding. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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