Gastroparesis refractory to prokinetics: Neuromuscolar unresponsiveness or faulty bioavailability of the drug?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 882-884

  Bortolotti, Mauro ^a   Gentilini, Lorenzo ^a   Morselli, Claudia ^a   Giovannini, Matteo ^a   Miglioli, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clarithromycin; Drug bioavailability; Dyspepsia; Gastroparesis; Stomach

Indexed keywords

CISAPRIDE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOMPERIDONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NEOSTIGMINE; PROKINETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH PARESIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CLARITHROMYCIN; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROPARESIS; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; STOMACH; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 18844399682     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-2659-9     Document Type: Article

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