Effects of single and repeated applications of a eutectic mixture of local anaesthetics (EMLA(®)) cream on spontaneous and evoked pain in post-herpetic neuralgia

Pain

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 203-209

  Attal, Nadine ^a,b   Brasseur, Louis ^a,b   Chauvin, Marcel ^a,b   Bouhassira, Didier ^a,b  

^a U d'Eval Traitement Douleur H   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Hyperalgesia; Post herpetic neuralgia; Quantitative sensory tests; Topical anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

EMLA; LIDOCAINE; PRILOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG MIXTURE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; PAIN; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HEAT; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRILOCAINE; SENSATION;

EID: 0032954614     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00014-7     Document Type: Article

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