Pruritus can be soothing in acute viral hepatitis [17]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2282-2283

  Sood, Ajit ^a,b   Midha, Vandana ^a   Sood, Neena ^a  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Opp New DMC and H ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PRURITUS; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0034945218     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02557-6     Document Type: Letter

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