A pilot study of polyunsaturated phosphatidyl choline in fulminant and subacute hepatic failure

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 530-532

  Singh, N K ^a   Prasad, R C ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032081794     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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