Phantom limb pain

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 107-116

  Nikolajsen, L ^a   Jensen, T S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Pain; Phantom limb

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CALCITONIN; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; DIAMORPHINE; DOXEPIN; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; MEMANTINE; MEXILETINE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGNOSIA; ALLODYNIA; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPNOSIS; INCIDENCE; LIMB AMPUTATION; NERVE BLOCK; NEURECTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 0034943328     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/87.1.107     Document Type: Article

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