Safety and efficacy of new glyceryl trinitrate suppository formula: First double blind placebo-controlled clinical trial

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1079-1083

  Emami, M H ^a   Sayedyahossein, S ^a,b   Aslani, A ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Poursina Hakim Research Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chronic anal fissure; Glyceryl trinitrate; Placedo controlled clinical trial; Suppository

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISPAGULA; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANUS DISEASE; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS IRRITATION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MALE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOM; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DITERPENES, ABIETANE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMPOUNDING; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SUPPOSITORIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGLYCERIDES; VEHICLES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 46649093344     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-008-9226-3     Document Type: Article

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