Neuropathic pain: Are we out of the woods yet?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 251-255

  Cavenagh, J ^a,b   Good, P ^a   Ravenscroft, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Definition; Management; Neuropathic; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CANNABINOID; CLONAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; CYTOKINE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHADONE; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PREGABALIN; TRAMADOL;

CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DRUG FORMULATION; HUMAN; MICROGLIA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL PAIN; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANALGESICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; MICROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURALGIA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 33645344877     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2006.01046.x     Document Type: Review

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