Experience with gabapentin for neuropathic pain in the head and neck: Report of ten cases

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 473-478

  Sist, Thomas C ^a   Filadora Ii, Victor A ^a   Miner, Marguerite ^a   Lema, Mark ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Head and neck pain; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; BACLOFEN; CARBAMAZEPINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE; MAGNESIUM TRISILICATE; MORPHINE SULFATE; ORPHENADRINE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 0030862045     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1098-7339(97)80037-5     Document Type: Article

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