Rapid Skin Anesthesia Using a New Topical Amethocaine Formulation: A Preclinical Study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1407-1412

  Arevalo M I ^a   Escribano, E ^a   Calpena, A ^a   Domenech, J ^a   Queralt, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMLA; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; TETRACAINE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PENETRATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MICROEMULSION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN PENETRATION; THERMAL STIMULATION; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CARRAGEENAN; EDEMA; EMULSIONS; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TETRACAINE;

EID: 1942501157     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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