Chronic constipation in long stay elderly patients: A comparison of lactulose and a senna-fibre combination

British Medical Journal

Volumn 307, Issue 6907, 1993, Pages 769-771

  Passmore, A P ^a   Wilson Davies, K ^a   Stoker, C ^a   Scott, M E ^a  

^a Whitla Medical Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBER; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENNA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0027296483     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.307.6907.769     Document Type: Article

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