What is the place of topical analgesia in neuropathic pain?;Prise en charge médicamenteuse de la douleur neuropathique: Quelle place pour les traitements topiques?

Revue Medicale Suisse

Volumn 4, Issue 162, 2008, Pages 1498-1504

  Besson, Marie ^a   Desmeules, Jules ^a   Piguet, Valérie ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CAPSAICIN; DOXEPIN; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO;

ALLODYNIA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PAIN;

EID: 47049105123     PISSN: 16609379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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