Gastroenterology
Volume 79, Issue 1 , Pages 35-39 , July 1980

Inhibition of water and electrolyte absorption by polyethylene glycol (PEG)

Received 12 October 1979 ,Accepted 1 February 1980.

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☆ This work was supported by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare Research Grant No. 5-R01-AM06506 from the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism and Digestive Diseases, and the Southwestern Medical Foundation's Abbie K. Dreyfuss Fund, Dallas, Texas.

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Gastroenterology
Volume 79, Issue 1 , Pages 35-39 , July 1980

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