Open-label trial of oral nalmefene therapy for the pruritus of cholestasis

Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 679-684

  Bergasa, Nora V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NALMEFENE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPERSONALIZATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INSOMNIA; LONG TERM CARE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHOLESTASIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PRURITUS;

EID: 0031952421     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510270307     Document Type: Article

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