The effects of dietary tryptophan on chronic maxillofacial pain and experimental pain tolerance

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1982, Pages 181-186

  Seltzer, Samuel ^a   Dewart, Dorothy ^a   Pollack, Robert L ^a   Jackson, Eric ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANXIETY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIET; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; THERAPY;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FACE; FACIAL NEURALGIA; HUMAN; PAIN; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0020433429     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-3956(82)90020-6     Document Type: Article

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