Interest of the association clonidine-spironolactone in cirrhotic patients with ascites and activation of sympathetic nervous system

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-5

  Lenaerts, Anne ^a   Codden, Th ^a   Van Cauter, J ^a   Meunier, J C ^a   Henry, J P ^a   Ligny, G ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Charleroi   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; Ascites; Clonidine; Glomerular filtration rate; Norepinephrine; Renin; Spironolactone

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; CLONIDINE; NORADRENALIN; RENIN; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATRIURESIS; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SYMPATHETIC TONE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; CLONIDINE; DIURETICS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURESIS; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; SPIRONOLACTONE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0036120240     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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