Glyceryl trinitrate ointment for the treatment of chronic anal fissure - Results of a placebo-controlled trial and long-term follow-up

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1000-1006

  Kennedy, M L ^a   Sowter, S ^a   Nguyen, H ^a   Lubowski, D Z ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b St George Private Medical Center   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anal fissure; Glyceryl trinitrate

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032856224     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02236691     Document Type: Article

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