Relief of intractable cancer pain by human chromaffin cell transplants: Experience at two medical centers

Neurological Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-77

  Pappas, George D ^a   Lazorthes, Yves ^b   Bès, Jean C ^b   Tafani, Mathieu ^b   Winnie, Alon P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c MA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; chromaffin cell transplants; chronic pain

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN;

EID: 0030952948     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1997.11740775     Document Type: Article

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