Low dose gabapentin for shoulder-hand syndrome induced by phenobarbital: A three-month study

Drugs under Experimental and Clinical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 185-191

  Rovetta, G ^b   Baratto, L ^a   Monteforte, P ^c  

^a Ospedale La Colletta   (Italy)

^b Rheumatological Center   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GABAPENTIN; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SHOULDER HAND SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETIC ACIDS; AGED; AMINES; ANTICONVULSANTS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOBARBITAL; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY;

EID: 0032864458     PISSN: 03786501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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