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Cathartics

Known as: Purgatives, cathartic, Evacuants, Bowel 
Agents that are used to stimulate evacuation of the bowels.
National Institutes of Health

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Gastrointestinal Agents

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Participation and yield of colonoscopy versus non-cathartic CT colonography in population-based screening for colorectal cancer: a randomised controlled trial.
BACKGROUND Screening for colorectal cancer is widely recommended, but the preferred strategy remains unidentified. We aimed to… 
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
The Boston bowel preparation scale: a valid and reliable instrument for colonoscopy-oriented research.
BACKGROUND Few bowel-preparation rating scales have been validated. Most scales were intended for comparing oral purgatives and… 
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Review
2009
Review
2009
A complementary systems account of word learning: neural and behavioural evidence
In this paper we present a novel theory of the cognitive and neural processes by which adults learn new spoken words. This… 
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Handbook Of Medicinal Plants
* About the Editors * Contributors * Preface * PART I. INTRODUCTION * Chapter 1. Trends and Challenges in Phytomedicine: Research… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Coloring the Academic Landscape: Faculty of Color Breaking the Silence in Predominantly White Colleges and Universities
This article, based on a larger, autoethnographic qualitative research project, focuses on the first-hand experiences of 27… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Acute phosphate nephropathy following oral sodium phosphate bowel purgative: an underrecognized cause of chronic renal failure.
The findings of diffuse tubular injury with abundant tubular calcium phosphate deposits on renal biopsy are referred to as… 
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Pharmacological actions and potential uses of Momordica charantia: a review.
Since ancient times, plants and herbal preparations have been used as medicine. Research carried out in last few decades has… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
The outcome of anorexia nervosa in the 20th century.
  • H. Steinhausen
  • The American journal of psychiatry
  • 2002
  • Corpus ID: 27162441
OBJECTIVE The present review addresses the outcome of anorexia nervosa and whether it changed over the second half of the 20th… 
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Review
2002
Review
2002
Emotion work and psychological well-being: A review of the literature and some conceptual considerations
Abstract In this article, the state of the art of research on emotion work (emotional labor) is summarized with an emphasis on… 
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
A novel tableted purgative for colonoscopic preparation: efficacy and safety comparisons with Colyte and Fleet Phospho-Soda.
BACKGROUND Currently available aqueous purgatives used before colonoscopy are poorly tolerated. We designed a tableted sodium… 
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