Laxatives for the treatment of hemorrhoids.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Alonso Coello, Pablo ^a   Guyatt, Gordon H ^b   Heels Ansdell, Diane ^b   Johanson, John F ^c   Lopez Yarto, Maite ^d   Mills, Ed ^e   Zhuo, Qi ^f  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^e CANADIAN COLLEGE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE   (Canada)

^f SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY FIBER; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

CATHARTICS; DIETARY FIBER; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33644875001     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004649.pub2     Document Type: Review

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