Diclofenac sodium as an alternative treatment of temporomandibular joint pain

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 154-159

  Ekberg, EwaCarin ^a   Kopp, Sigvard ^b   Åkerman, Sigvard ^b  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

clinical trial; masticatory muscle; non steroidal antiinflammatory drugs; pain; placebo

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0029885407     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016359609003516     Document Type: Article

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