Lamotrigine monotherapy for control of neuralgia after nerve section

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1261-1264

  Sandner Kiesling, A ^a   Seitlinger, G Rumpold ^b   Dorn, C ^b   Koch, H ^b   Schwarz, G ^b  

^a Intensive Care Medicine   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Mechanical allodynia; Neuropathic pain; Sodium channel blocker; Spontaneous pain

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEURALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0036848509     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.461014.x     Document Type: Article

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