Defining the problem of intractable angina: Implications for therapeutic approaches in the relief of ischaemic cardiac pain

Pain Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-99

  Jessurun, Gillian A J ^a   Meeder, Joan G ^a   De Jongste, Mike J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NOCICEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNDROME X;

EID: 0030802891     PISSN: 09681302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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