Jaipur block in postherpetic neuralgia

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 465-468

  Bhargava, Rishi ^a,b   Bhargava, Sudha ^a   Haldia, Kailash N ^a   Bhargava, Puneet ^a  

^a SMS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Bapu Nagar ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZYDAMINE; BUPIVACAINE; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; PROCAINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031781518     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1998.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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