Combination of clonidine and diuretic in cirrhotic ascites with activated sympathetic nervous system: Would it be a magical bullet? [11]

Hepatology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 360-

  Rai, Ramesh Roop ^a   Jain, Pankaj ^a  

^a SMS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CANRENONE; CLONIDINE; DIURETIC AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 6; NORADRENALIN; RENIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ASCITES; CLONIDINE; DIURETICS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; SPIRONOLACTONE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYMPATHOLYTICS;

EID: 38649114675     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21771     Document Type: Letter

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