Continuous intrathecal infusion of baclofen in patients with spasticity caused by spinal cord injuries

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 228-230

  Korenkov, Alexei I ^a   Niendorf, Wulf R ^a   Darwish, Nouralla ^b   Glaeser, Eberhard ^b   Gaab, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b Neurological Rehabilitation Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Programmable pump; Spasticity; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN;

ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

BACLOFEN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHETERIZATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMPS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0036933857     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-002-0221-1     Document Type: Article

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