Oral peppermint oil is a useful antispasmodic for double-contrast barium meal examination

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1297-1301

  Mizuno, Shigeaki ^a   Kato, Kimitoshi ^a   Ono, Yoshiki ^a   Yano, Kiyoshi ^a   Kurosaka, Hanzo ^b   Takahashi, Atsuhiko ^b   Abeta, Hiromi ^b   Kushiro, Toshio ^b   Miyamoto, Syunpachi ^a   Kurihara, Ryuichi ^a   Hiki, Naoki ^c   Kaminishi, Michio ^c   Iwasaki, Ariyoshi ^a   Arakawa, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antispasmodic; Double contrast barium meal examination; Peppermint oil; Upper gastrointestinal tract

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; PEPPERMINT OIL; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOUBLE CONTRAST BARIUM MEAL; DOUBLE CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DUODENUM; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUCOSA; MUSCLE SPASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOMACH;

EID: 33745820019     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04131.x     Document Type: Article

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