An open-label study of chronic polyethylene glycol laxative use in chronic constipation
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Polyethylene glycol in chronic constipation
Apostolos Mantides MD, Head, Department of Gastroenterology, Athens Naval and Veterans Hospital, Tel & fax: ++3
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عنوان ژورنال: Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0269-2813,1365-2036
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.03228.x