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Severe perianal skin inflammation in six patients, following continent reservoir operation and ileoanal anastomosis, resistant to ordinary therapy, was treated with cholestyramine ointment twice a day. Cure was achieved within ten days.
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Møller, P., Lohmann, M. & Brynitz, S. Cholestyramine ointment in the treatment of perianal skin irritation following ileoanal anastomosis. Dis Colon Rectum 30, 106–107 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02554944
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02554944