Hyponatremia in patients treated with terlipressin: Mechanisms and implications for clinical practice

Hepatology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 368-369

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 2; SODIUM; TERLIPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN V2 RECEPTOR;

ANTIDIURESIS; ARTERY LIGATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; LETTER; NATRIURESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTONIC SOLUTIONS; LYPRESSIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SODIUM;

EID: 78751475259     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.24065     Document Type: Letter

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