Gabapentin in the treatment of hiccups in patients with advanced cancer: A 5-year experience

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 179-180

  Porzio, Giampiero ^a   Aielli, Federica ^a   Verna, Lucilla ^a   Aloisi, Paolo ^b   Galletti, Brigida ^b   Ficorella, Corrado ^b  

^a SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

advanced cancer; gabapentin; hiccup

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HICCUP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINES; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HICCUP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955173512     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNF.0b013e3181de8943     Document Type: Article

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