Effect of the herbal medicine Dai-Kenchu-To on gastrointestinal motility in patients with megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome (MMIHS) and chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIIP): Report of two cases

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-33

  Hirakawa, Hiroshi ^a   Ueno, Shigeru ^a   Matuda, Hiromitu ^a   Hinoki, Tomoya ^a   Kato, Yuko ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo obstruction (CIIP); Dai kenchu to; Gastrointestinal motility; Herbal medicine; Megacystis microcolon intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome (MMIHS)

Indexed keywords

DAI KENCHU TO; ERYTHROMYCIN; KAMPO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; GINGER; GINSENG; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; JEJUNOSTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; MALT; MEGACYSTIS MICROCOLON INTESTINAL HYPOPERISTALSIS SYNDROME; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PLANT ROOT; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ZANTHOXYLUM;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; COLON; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; MEDICINE, EAST ASIAN TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; URINARY BLADDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66949168223     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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