Effects of therapeutic doses of lactulose vs. polyethylene glycol on isotopic colonic transit

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 988-993

  Jouet P ^a   Sabate, J M ^a   Flourie, B ^b   Cuillerier, E ^c   Gambini, D ^c   Lemann, M ^d   Jian, R ^c   Coffin, B ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^d SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIUM CHLORIDE IN 111; LACTULOSE; MACROGOL; MACROGOL 4000;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DESCENDING COLON; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; STOMACH EMPTYING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FECES; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; LACTULOSE; MALE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42149122100     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2008.03654.x     Document Type: Article

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