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Erythromycin lacks colon prokinetic effect in children with functional gastrointestinal disorders: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Motilin, a peptide hormone has a direct excitatory effect on circular smooth muscle strips derived from the human colon. Reduced plasma motilin concentration has been reported in adults with chronic constipation. Erythromycin, a non-peptide motilin receptor agonist, induces phase 3 of th...

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Autores principales: Venkatasubramani, Narayanan, Rudolph, Colin D, Sood, Manu R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2529327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18718006
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-8-38