Pain relief with oral cannabinoids in familial Mediterranean fever

Anaesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 483-486

  Holdcroft, A ^a,d   Smith, M ^a   Jacklin, A ^a   Hodgson, H ^a   Smith, B ^b   Newton, M ^c   Evans, F ^c  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; familial Mediterranean fever; Pain; management; Pharmacology; tetrahydrocannabinol

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CANNABINOID; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG USE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RELAPSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031007584     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.139-az0132.x     Document Type: Article

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