The antidepressant-induced analgesic effect

Bailliere's Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-68

  Onghena, P ^a   Van Houdenhove, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Antidepressive agents; Clinical trials; Meta analysis; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOOD; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION;

EID: 0031708822     PISSN: 09503501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-3501(98)80006-8     Document Type: Article

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