Baclofen in the treatment of persistent hiccup: A case series

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 918-921

  Mirijello, A ^a   Addolorato, G ^a   D'Angelo, C ^a   Ferrulli, A ^a   Vassallo, G ^a   Antonelli, M ^a   Leggio, L ^a,b   Landolfi, R ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; BILIRUBIN; CHLORPROMAZINE; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NIMESULIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RAMIPRIL; TACROLIMUS; TERAZOSIN; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED REST; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMORRHAGIC GASTRITIS; HICCUP; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; JAUNDICE; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPHADENOPATHY; NAUSEA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SMOKING; VOMITING;

AGED; BACLOFEN; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GABA-B RECEPTOR AGONISTS; HICCUP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882451251     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcp.12184     Document Type: Article

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