A follow-up study of modafinil for the treatment of daytime somnolence and fatigue in primary biliary cirrhosis

Liver International

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1551-1552

  Hardy, Timothy ^a   MacDonald, Claire ^a   Jones, David E J ^b   Newton, Julia L ^a,b  

^a NIHR Biomedical Research Centre in Ageing   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODAFINIL;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIZZINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LETTER; PBC 40; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FATIGUE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951629362     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2010.02288.x     Document Type: Letter

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