The short-term clinical efficacy of amitriptyline in the management of idiopathic feline lower urinary tract disease: A controlled clinical study

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 191-196

  Kraijer, Michiel ^a   Fink Gremmels, J ^b   Nickel, R F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Tierarztliche Klinik fur Kleintiere   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PARACILLINE; PLACEBO; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT;

ANIMAL CARE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HOSPITALIZATION; NETHERLANDS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0038203053     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1098-612X(03)00004-4     Document Type: Article

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