Assessing general practitioners' prescribing behaviour in elderly patients with concealed renal failure

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 961-963

  Jonville Béra, Annie Pierre ^a   Paroux, Lucie ^a   Autret Leca, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AMOXICILLIN; CELECOXIB; CLARITHROMYCIN; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIGOXIN; DRUG; LEVOFLOXACIN; NADROPARIN; PRAVASTATIN; SOTALOL;

AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FRANCE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 43549115426     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2008.03127.x     Document Type: Letter

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