Ondansetron for treating itch in healing burns

Internet Journal of Pain, Symptom Control and Palliative Care

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Gross, Stuart ^a   Overbaugh, Robert ^b   Jansen, Richard ^c  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c US Army Institute of Surgical Research

Author keywords

Burns; Dyphenhydramine; Itch; Ondansetron; Pruritis

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849114351     PISSN: 15288277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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