Hyoscyamine as a pharmacological adjunct in colonoscopy: A randomized, double blinded, placebo-controlled trial

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2905-2908

  Shaheen, Nicholas J ^a   Robertson, Douglas J ^a   Crosby, Melissa A ^a   Furs, Stephen J ^a   May, David T ^a   Harlan, William R ^a   Grimm, Ian S ^a   Isaacs, Kim L ^a   Bozymski, Eugene M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYOSCYAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ATROPINE; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; COLONOSCOPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS;

EID: 0032823123     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01435.x     Document Type: Article

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