Peppermint oil reduces gastric spasm during upper endoscopy: A randomized, double-blind, double-dummy controlled trial

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 475-482

  Hiki, Naoki ^a   Kurosaka, Hanzou ^a   Tatsutomi, Yusuke ^a   Shimoyama, Shouji ^a   Tsuji, Eiichi ^a   Kojima, Junichi ^a   Shimizu, Nobuyuki ^a   Ono, Hitoshi ^a   Hirooka, Tatsuo ^a   Noguchi, Chiaki ^a   Mafune, Ken Ichi ^a   Kaminishi, Michio ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPPERMINT OIL; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLORUS; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH SPASM; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0037384392     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2003.156     Document Type: Article

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