Double-blind manometric assessment of two topical glyceryl trinitrate formulations in patients with chronic anal fissures

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 699-702

  Bassotti, G ^a,b   Clementi, M ^a,b   Ceccarelli, F ^a,b   Pelli, M A ^b  

^a Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anal fissures; Glyceryl trinitrate; Manometry

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OINTMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; OINTMENTS; PRESSURE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0033658158     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(00)80333-3     Document Type: Article

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