Comment

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1635-1637

  Karnam, Umaprasanna S ^a   Reddy, K Rajender ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PLACEBOS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035344794     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02373-5     Document Type: Note

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