Successful treatment of painful traumatic mononeuropathy with carbamazepine: Insights into a possible molecular pain mechanism

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-106

  Rizzo, Marco A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Dorsal root ganglia; Ilioinguinal neuroma; Na+ channels; PCR; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFECT; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION; SURGICAL INJURY;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; AXOTOMY; CARBAMAZEPINE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURITIS; NEUROMA; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; REOPERATION; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0030831490     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00143-3     Document Type: Article

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