Terlipressin-induced vasoconstriction reversed with N-acetylcysteine: A case for combined use in hepatorenal syndrome? [5]

Gastroenterology

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2160-2161

  Sen, Sambit ^a   Mookerjee, Rajeshwar P ^a   Jalan, Rajiv ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; TERLIPRESSIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CELL SURVIVAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIARRHEA; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATURIA; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETTER; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OBSERVATION; PERIPHERAL ISCHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SEPSIS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0036892996     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/gast.2002.37303     Document Type: Article

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