What about clonidine for diarrhoea? A systematic review and meta-analysis of its effect in humans

Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 282-301

  Fragkos, Konstantinos C ^a   Zárate Lopez, Natalia ^a   Frangos, Christos C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Diarrhoea; Intestinal transit; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOOL FREQUENCY; STOOL VOLUME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84963722932     PISSN: 1756283X     EISSN: 17562848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1756283X15625586     Document Type: Article

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