Gabapentin in the treatment of severe sweating experienced by advanced cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 389-391

  Porzio, Giampiero ^a   Aielli, Federica ^a   Verna, Lucilla ^a   Porto, Claudio ^b   Aloisi, Paolo ^b   Cannita, Katia ^a   Ricevuto, Enrico ^a   Marchetti, Paolo ^a   Ficorella, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Sweating

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; SWEATING;

ADULT; AGED; AMINES; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SWEATING;

EID: 33646412298     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0014-5     Document Type: Article

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