Erythromelalgia pain managed with gabapentin

Anesthesiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 988-990

  McGraw, Terry ^a   Kosek, Peter ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants, gabapentin: therapeutic uses; Erythromelalgia; Pain

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETIC ACIDS; ADULT; AMINES; ANALGESICS; CHILD; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN;

EID: 0031003847     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199704000-00029     Document Type: Article

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