Hyponatremia in patients with acute variceal bleeding treated with terlipressin

Hepatology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 714-

  Sharma, Praveen ^a   Singh, Shweta ^a   Sarin, Shiv Kumar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVER AND BILIARY SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; SODIUM; TERLIPRESSIN;

DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; LYPRESSIN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 79251505217     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.24116     Document Type: Letter

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