Can partially hydrolyzed guar gum be an alternative to lactulose in treatment of childhood constipation?

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 360-364

  Üstündaǧ, Gonca ^a   Kuloǧlu, Zarife ^b   Kirbaş, Nihan ^c   Kansu, Aydan ^c  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Childhood; Constipation; Lactulose; Partially hydrolyzed guar gum

Indexed keywords

GUAR GUM; LACTULOSE; PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED GUAR GUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION HABIT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FECES COMPOSITION; FIBER; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GALACTANS; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; LACTULOSE; MALE; MANNANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLANT GUMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TASTE DISORDERS;

EID: 79951986658     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4318/tjg.2010.0121     Document Type: Article

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