A double-blind, randomized, multicentre, crossover study to prove equivalence of pancreatin minimicrospheres versus microspheres in exocrine pancreatic insufficiency

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 951-957

  Halm, U ^a   Loser C ^b   Lohr M ^c   Katschinski, M ^d   Mossner J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECES LIPID; MICROSPHERE; PANCREATIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FAT INTAKE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIPID ABSORPTION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXOCRINE PANCREATIC INSUFFICIENCY; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIN; PANCREATITIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033001148     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.1999.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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