Lactulose: How many ways can one drug be prescribed

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1726-1727

  Lukens, Benjamin ^a   Nierman, David M ^b   Schiano, Thomas D ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONSTIPATION; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FLATULENCE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; INTESTINAL GAS PRODUCTION; LETTER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

CONSTIPATION; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; LACTULOSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 80052456333     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2011.182     Document Type: Letter

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