Diphenoxylate hydrochloride therapy in the diarrhoea of malnourished infants.
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Bitar, J., Najjar, S. S., and Asfour, R. Y. (1970). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 45, 190. Diphenoxylate hydrochloride therapy in the diarrhoea of malnourished infants. In a double-blind study on 45 malnourished infants with moderately severe non-specific diarrhoea, diphenoxylate hydrochloride proved to be an effective antidiarrhoeal agent when the diarrhoea was acute, but not as effective when the diarrhoea was chronic.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 45 240 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1970