Peppermint oil for irritable bowel syndrome [4]

Psychosomatics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 508-509

  Sagduyu, Kemal ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; FRUCTOSE; MENTHOL; PEPPERMINT OIL; SORBITOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DRUG FORMULATION; FLATULENCE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LETTER; MOOD DISORDER; SPASMOLYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036841484     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.43.6.508     Document Type: Letter

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