Analgesic effect of dextromethorphan for postherpetic neuralgia

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1996, Pages

  Suzuki, Takahiro ^a   Kato, Jitsu ^a   Saeki, Shigeru ^a   Ogawa, Setsuro ^a   Suzuki, Hajime ^a  

^a SURUGADAI NIHON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTROMETHORPHAN;

ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA;

AGED; ANALGESICS; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0029899138     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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