Gabapentin and postlaminectomy chronic pain;Gabapentina y dolor crónico postlaminectomía

Revista de la Sociedad Espanola del Dolor

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 72-77

  Pérez Barrero, Pedro ^a,b   Casado, A ^a   Perez Alfranca C ^a   Bueno, A B ^a   Martinez C ^a   Ortega, M A ^a   Ruiz Perez R ^a  

^a Universitario Miguel Servet   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Failed back surgery; Gabapentin; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LATTINEN TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0037617684     PISSN: 11348046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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