Use of levodopa to relieve pain from painful symmetrical diabetic polyneuropathy

Pain

Volumn 75, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 257-259

  Ertas, Mustafa ^a   Sagduyu, Ayse ^a   Arac, Nilgun ^a   Uludag, Burhanettin ^a   Ertekin, Cumhur ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Levodopa; Painful diabetic polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

BENSERAZIDE PLUS LEVODOPA; DOPAMINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BENSERAZIDE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DOPAMINE AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 0031922595     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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