Topical L-arginine gel lowers resting anal pressure: Possible treatment for anal fissure

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1332-1336

  Griffin, N ^a   Zimmerman, D D E ^a   Briel, J W ^a   Gruss, H J ^a   Jonas, M ^a   Acheson, A G ^a   Neal, K ^a   Scholefield, J H ^a   Schouten, W R ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anal fissures; L arginine; Resting anal pressures

Indexed keywords

AQUAGEL; ARGININE;

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ARGININE; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; GELS; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0036797522     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6420-9     Document Type: Article

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