Antitussive effect of the GABA-agonist baclofen

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 996-999

  Dicpinigaitis, Peter V ^a,b   Dobkin, Jay B ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Albert Einstein Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

baclofen; capsaicin; cough; GABA

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BACLOFEN; CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG RECEPTOR; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030969989     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.4.996     Document Type: Article

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