Hyponatraemia during terlipressin therapy

Gut

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 417-418

  Krag, Aleksander ^a   Hobolth, Lise ^a   Møller, Søren ^a   Bendtsen, Flemming ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 2; SOMATOSTATIN; TERLIPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN V2 RECEPTOR;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIURESIS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETTER; LIGATION; NATRIURESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RISK REDUCTION; SCLEROTHERAPY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; LYPRESSIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 77749315808     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2009.198382     Document Type: Letter

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