Response of intrathecal baclofen resistance to dose reduction

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1495-1496

  Cooper, Joanna A ^a,b   Ridley, Barbara ^a  

^a ALTA BATES SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b East Bay Physicians Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CLONIDINE; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; CYPROHEPTADINE; DIAZEPAM; HYDROCODONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; SERTRALINE; TIZANIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BACLOFEN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; PAIN; QUADRIPLEGIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750380484     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000240223.01418.2e     Document Type: Article

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