Efficacy of lidocaine in the treatment of pruritus in patients with chronic cholestatic liver diseases

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1160-1163

  Villamil, Alejandra G ^a   Bandi, Juan C ^a   Galdame, Omar A ^a   Gerona, Solange ^a   Gadano, Adrian C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEETHYLLIDOCAINE; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; CHOLESTASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26444566283     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.05.031     Document Type: Article

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