Effects of Rikkunshi-to on infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, refractory to atropine

Pediatrics International

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 581-583

  Oyachi, Noboru ^a   Takano, Kunio ^a   Hasuda, Norio ^a   Arai, Hiroshi ^a   Koshizuka, Kozo ^a   Matsumoto, Masahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atropine therapy; Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis; Kampo medicine; Rikkunshi to

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; KAMPO; RIKKUNSHI TO; TJ 43; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANTILE HYPERTROPHIC PYLORIC STENOSIS; JAPAN; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

ATROPINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PYLORIC STENOSIS, HYPERTROPHIC;

EID: 50249095094     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02682.x     Document Type: Article

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