Repeated intranasal capsaicin applications to treat chronic migraine [5]

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 812-

  Fusco, B M ^a   Barzoi, G ^a   Agro F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; KETOROLAC; NEUROPEPTIDE; PLACEBO; SUBSTANCE P; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

BURNING SENSATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER HEADACHE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; MIGRAINE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037864081     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg572     Document Type: Letter

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