Classification, pharmacology, and side-effects of common laxatives

Italian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Muller Lissner S ^a  

^a Park Klinik Weissensee   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE; OSMOTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN 4 AGONIST;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; COLON MOTILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE SECRETION; MELANOSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; WATER ABSORPTION;

CATHARTICS; CONSTIPATION; HUMANS;

EID: 0032709285     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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