Amenorrhea in a Patient after Treatment with Gabapentin for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type II

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 192-194

  Berger, Jerry J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Complex regional pain syndrome; Gabapentin; Neuropathic pain syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE II; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACETIC ACIDS; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; AMINES; ANALGESICS; CAUSALGIA; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 2142698684     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200405000-00010     Document Type: Article

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