Movicol in treatment of constipation and faecal impaction

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-40

  Ungar, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; LAXATIVE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; FECES IMPACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CATHARTICS; CONSTIPATION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ELECTROLYTES; FECAL IMPACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0033627990     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.2000.61.1.1861     Document Type: Article

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