Oral nalmefene therapy reduces scratching activity due to the pruritus of cholestasis: a controlled study.

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Published in J Am Acad Dermatol on September 01, 1999

Authors

N V Bergasa1, D W Alling, T L Talbot, M C Wells, E A Jones

Author Affiliations

1: Liver Diseases Section, Digestive Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.

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