Oral guar gum, a gel-forming dietary fiber relieves pruritus in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 260-264

  Riikonen, Seija ^a   Savonius, Hannele ^a   Gylling, Helena ^b   Nikkilä, Katriina ^c   Tuomi, Anna Maija ^d   Miettinen, Tatu A ^b  

^a Helsinki City Maternity Hospital   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d ORION CORPORATION   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bile acids; Guar gum; Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy; Pruritus

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; GUAR GUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE ACID BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIETARY FIBER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; DIETARY FIBER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GALACTANS; HUMANS; MANNANS; PLANT GUMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRURITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034059299     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2000.079004260.x     Document Type: Article

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