Central Post-Stroke Pain: Drug Treatment Options

CNS Drugs

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 160-165

  Bowsher, David ^a   Nurmikko, Turo ^b  

^a WALTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; DESIPRAMINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; KETAMINE; MAPROTILINE; MEXILETINE; NORTRIPTYLINE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0029864750     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00023210-199605030-00002     Document Type: Article

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