The pruritus of cholestasis

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1003-1006

  Jones, E Anthony ^a   Bergasa, Nora V ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DELTAKEPHALIN; NALMEFENE; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; OPIATE AGONIST; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PHENOBARBITAL; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ANTINOCICEPTION; CHOLESTASIS; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032901383     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290450     Document Type: Review

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