Local anaesthetics: Structure-activity relationships and their role in pain treatment

Pain Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-77

  Colvin, Lesley A ^a   McClure, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; PROCAINE; ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRACAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030970432     PISSN: 09681302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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