Idiopathic senile pruritus: Therapeutic response to gabapentin;Prurito senil idiopático: respuesta terapéutica a gabapentina

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 355-356

  Ruiz Villaverde, Ricardo ^a   Sánchez Cano, Daniel ^a  

^a Hosp Univ Ciudad de Jaén   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESLORATADINE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; GABAPENTIN; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYZINE;

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LETTER; MALE; SKIN PRURITUS;

EID: 70849088352     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: 15781747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regg.2009.06.002     Document Type: Letter

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