Topical capsaicin for chronic neuropathic pain in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Derry, Sheena ^a   Moore, R Andrew ^a   McQuay, Henry J ^a   Lloyd, Rosalind ^a   Moore, Maura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; BURN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; INSECT STING; MEDLINE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55049088513     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007393     Document Type: Review

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