A multicenter randomized controlled trial of a liquid loperamide product versus placebo in the treatment of acute diarrhea in children

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 579-591

  Kaplan, Michael A ^a   Prior, Mary Jane ^a   McKonly, Kimberly I ^a   DuPont, Herbert L ^b   Temple, Anthony R ^a   Nelson, Edward B ^a  

^a McNeil Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOPERAMIDE; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

EID: 0032843055     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289903801003     Document Type: Article

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