Can dextromethorphan be used to treat repetitive itching and scratching in atopic dogs?

Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-23

  Moriello, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; DEXTROMETHORPHAN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DIARRHEA; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SCRATCHING; SEDATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 13844275808     PISSN: 87507943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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