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Tegaserod, a 5-HT4 receptor partial agonist, decreases sensitivity to rectal distension in healthy subjects

  1. B. Coffin1,5,
  2. J.-P. Farmachidi1,
  3. P. Rueegg2,
  4. A. Bastie3,
  5. D. Bouhassira4,5

Article first published online: 5 MAR 2003

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.2003.01449.x

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Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Volume 17, Issue 4, pages 577–585, February 2003

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Coffin, B., Farmachidi, J.-P., Rueegg, P., Bastie, A. and Bouhassira, D. (2003), Tegaserod, a 5-HT4 receptor partial agonist, decreases sensitivity to rectal distension in healthy subjects. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 17: 577–585. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.2003.01449.x

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  1. 1

    Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, AP-HP Hôpital Louis Mourier, Colombes Cedex, France;

  2. 2

    Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland;

  3. 3

    Novartis Pharma SA, Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France;

  4. 4

    Centre d'Evaluation et de Traitement de la Douleur, AP-HP Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt, France;

  5. 5

    INSERM E322, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt, France

*Dr B. Coffin, Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital Louis Mourier, 178 rue des Renouillers, 92701 Colombes Cedex, France. E-mail: benoit.coffin@lmr.ap-hop-paris.fr

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  1. Issue published online: 5 MAR 2003
  2. Article first published online: 5 MAR 2003
  3. Accepted for publication 6 November 2002

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