A prospective study of serum pseudocholinesterase levels in patients with chronic spinal pain: A preliminary study

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Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 1917-1924

  Cameron, Bruce M ^a   Allen, Robert C ^b   Merril, Carl ^c  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Leading Ion Consultants   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cholin ergic; Chronic spinal pain; Esterase; Pseudocholinesterase; Serum cholinesterase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINESTERASE; ESTERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOCHOLINESTERASE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0034255190     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200008010-00009     Document Type: Article

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