Gabapentin in postamputation phantom limb pain: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 481-486

  Bone, Margaret ^a   Critchley, Peter ^a   Buggy, Donal J ^a,b  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Gabapentin; Neuropathic pain; Phantom limb pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CODEINE; GABAPENTIN; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN CLINIC; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

EID: 0036745878     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rapm.2002.35169     Document Type: Article

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