Refractory hiccup: Successful treatment with gabapentin

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 186-187

  Alonso Navarro, Hortensia ^a   Rubio, Lluisa ^b   Jiménez Jiménez, Félix Javier ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA CONCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Hiccup; Therapy

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HICCUP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFRACTORY HICCUP;

AGED; AMINES; ANTICONVULSANTS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HICCUP; HUMANS;

EID: 34249882750     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNF.0b013e31802e466f     Document Type: Article

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