Met-enkephalin increase in patients with fibromyalgia under local treatment

Functional Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 291-295

  De Lourdes Figuerola, María ^a,c,d   Loe, Weiham ^b   Sormani, María ^b   Barontini, Marta ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^d Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinologicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dry needling; Fibromyalgia; Lidocaine; Met enkephalin; Saline

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; LIDOCAINE; METENKEPHALIN; OPIATE RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0032446478     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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