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A patient with chronic idiopathic pseudo-obstruction is reported and the results of a double blind therapeutic trial of metoclopramide are described. Within the limits of this trial metoclopramide was ineffective by all clinical criteria.
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Lipton, A.B., Knauer, C.M. Pseudo-obstruction of the bowel. Digest Dis Sci 22, 263–265 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01072287
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