Local anaesthetic failure in joint hypermobility syndrome [4]

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 84-85

  Hakim, Alan J ^a   Grahame, Rodney ^a   Norris, Paul ^a   Hopper, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; HUMAN; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; LETTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT FAILURE; BIOPSY; JOINT INSTABILITY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; BIOPSY; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD;

EID: 14144249405     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.98.2.84     Document Type: Letter

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