Erythromelalgia

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-165

  Davis, Mark D P ^a   Rooke, Thom ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; ILOPROST; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM; MISOPROSTOL; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORTRIPTYLINE; OPIATE AGONIST; PENTAZOCINE; PIZOTIFEN; PROPRANOLOL; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANOREXIA; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ASTHENIA; ATAXIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BLEEDING DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIETARY INTAKE; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRY SKIN; DYSKINESIA; EDEMA; ENTEROPATHY; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FATIGUE; FEVER; FLUSHING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOMA; HORNER SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; HYPNOSIS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INDIVIDUALITY; INJECTION SITE BURNING; INJECTION SITE ERYTHEMA; INJECTION SITE IRRITATION; INJECTION SITE STINGING; INSOMNIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LEARNING; LIFESTYLE; LUPUS LIKE SYNDROME; MALAISE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEURALGIA; NEURECTOMY; NEUROPATHY; NYSTAGMUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PENILE FIBROSIS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PEYRONIE DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PURPURA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY ARREST; REVIEW; RHINORRHEA; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; SORE THROAT; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SWEATING; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; THALAMOTOMY; TINNITUS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; ULCER; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 33645560405     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-006-0008-8     Document Type: Review

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