The role of ketoconazole in the QTc interval prolonging effects of H1-antihistamines in a guinea-pig model of arrhythmogenicity

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-188

  Gras, J ^a   Llenas, J ^a   Palacios, J M ^a   Roberts, D J ^a  

^a Res Centre Almirall Laboratories ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Ebastine; Ketoconazole; Loratadine; QTc interval; Terfenadine

Indexed keywords

EBASTINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; KETOCONAZOLE; LORATADINE; TERFENADINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0029818606     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15968.x     Document Type: Article

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