Could calcitonin be a useful therapeutic agent for trigeminal neuralgia?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-116

  Qin, Han ^a   Cai, Jun ^b   Yang, Fu Sheng ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Anesthesia   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCITONIN; FENTANYL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; SALCATONIN;

ANALGESIA; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; DEMYELINATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CALCITONIN; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 43949142773     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.01.018     Document Type: Article

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