N-acetylcysteine on its way to a broader application in patients with acute liver failure

Hepatology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 338-340

  Koch, Alexander ^a   Trautwein, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NOTE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL;

EID: 73449131511     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23484     Document Type: Note

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