The use of lamotrigine in neuropathic pain

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 808-809

  Di Vadi, P P ^a   Hamann, W ^a  

^a Univ Hospitals Guy's and Lewisham   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pain, pathological; Pharmacology, lamotrigine

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FACE PAIN; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHY; PAIN; SYNAPSE;

ANALGESICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0031849628     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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