Cimetidine in the treatment of acute intermittent porphyria

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 365-367

  Rogers, P David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE; ALCOHOL; ALLYLISOPROPYLACETAMIDE; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CHLORPROPAMIDE; CIMETIDINE; CLONIDINE; COPROPORPHYRIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSERINE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 INHIBITOR; DANAZOL; DIMENHYDRINATE; ERGOT ALKALOID; ESTROGEN; FUROSEMIDE; GESTAGEN; GLUTETHIMIDE; GRISEOFULVIN; HEME OXYGENASE; MEPROBAMATE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PORPHOBILINOGEN; UNINDEXED DRUG; UROPORPHYRIN;

ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031056654     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106002809703100317     Document Type: Article

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