Oral glutamine in the prevention of fluorouracil induced intestinal toxicity: A double blind, placebo controlled, randomised trial

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Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 28-33

  Daniele, B ^a   Perrone, F ^a   Gallo, C ^b   Pignata, S ^a   De Martino, S ^c   De Vivo, R ^a   Barletta, E ^a   Tambaro, R ^a   Abbiati, R ^d   D'Agostino, L ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d Bracco SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Colorectal cancer; Glutamine; Randomised trial

Indexed keywords

CELLOBIOSE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LOPERAMIDE; MANNITOL; PLACEBO; XYLOSE;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; URINARY EXCRETION; XYLOSE TEST;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035172989     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.48.1.28     Document Type: Article

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