Acute herpetic neuralgia and postherpetic neuralgia in the head and neck: Response to gabapentin in five cases

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 170-174

  Filadora II, Victor A ^a   Sist, Thomas C ^a,b   Lema, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute herpes zoster; Acute herpetic neuralgia; Gabapentin; Neuropathic pain; Postherpetic neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMITRIPTYLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOME; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ACETIC ACIDS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AMINES; ANALGESICS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; NEURALGIA; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0032924860     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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