Red hot chili pepper and hemorrhoids: The explosion of a myth: Results of a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trial

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1018-1023

  Altomare, Donato F ^a   Rinaldi, Marcella ^a   La Torre, Filippo ^b   Scardigno, Donato ^c   Roveran, Antonietta ^d   Canuti, Stefano ^e   Morea, Giuseppe ^f   Spazzafumo, Liana ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Surgical Unit Ospedale Civile Molfetta   (Italy)

^d Surgical Unit Trecenta (RO)   (Italy)

^e Azienda USL Romagna   (Italy)

^f Morea Pharmacy Bari   (Italy)

^g INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemorrhoids; Red hot chili pepper

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PEPPER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRURITUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWELLING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CAPSICUM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745963042     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-006-0532-3     Document Type: Article

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