Amitriptyline in the prophylaxis of central poststroke pain: Preliminary results of 39 patients in a placebo-controlled, long-term study

Stroke

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3030-3032

  Lampl, Christian ^a   Yazdi, Kambiz ^a   Röper, Christoph ^a  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amitriptyline; Antidepressive agents; Cerebrovascular accident; Pain; Thalamic diseases

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; STROKE; THALAMUS; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; SAMPLE SIZE; THALAMUS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0036904981     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000037674.95228.86     Document Type: Article

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