Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 1 , Pages 149-159.e2 , January 2009

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Antioxidant Supplementation for Pain Relief in Patients With Chronic Pancreatitis

  • Payal Bhardwaj

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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  • Pramod Kumar Garg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Pramod Kumar Garg, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India. fax: 91-11-26588663
    • ,
  • Subir Kumar Maulik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
    • ,
  • Anoop Saraya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
    • ,
  • Rakesh Kumar Tandon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
    • ,
  • Subrat Kumar Acharya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Received 2 June 2008 ,Accepted 18 September 2008.

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 The authors disclose the following: Supported by Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India, through an individual fellowship grant to Payal Bhardwaj under the guidance of Dr Anoop Saraya. Osper Pharmanautics provided the drug and placebo on a complimentary basis. The supporting sources had no role in study design, collection of data, interpretation of data, writing of the manuscript, or submission for publication.

PII: S0016-5085(08)01697-1

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.09.028

Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 1 , Pages 149-159.e2 , January 2009

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