Intrathecal methylprednisolone for intractable postherpetic neuralgia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 343, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 1514-1519

  Kotani, Naoki ^a   Kushikata, Tetsuya ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroshi ^a   Kimura, Futoshi ^a   Muraoka, Masatoshi ^a   Yodono, Misako ^a   Asai, Mizue ^a   Matsuki, Akitomo ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DICLOFENAC; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTERLEUKIN-8; LIDOCAINE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0034707108     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200011233432102     Document Type: Article

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