Effects of prucalopride, a new enterokinetic agent, on gastrointestinal transit and anorectal function in healthy volunteers

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1493-1497

  Poen, A C ^a   Felt Bersma, R J F ^a   Van Dongen, P A M ^b   Meuwissen, S G M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Janssen Cilag BV Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRUCALOPRIDE; SEROTONIN 4 AGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ANAL CANAL; COLON; DEFECATION; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; BENZOFURANS; COLON; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEFECATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS;

EID: 0032589966     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.1999.00629.x     Document Type: Article

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