Cervical sympathetic blockade in a patient with post-traumatic stress disorder: A case report

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 227-228

  Lipov, Eugene G ^a   Joshi, Jay R ^a   Lipov, Sergei ^b   Sanders, Sarah E ^a   Siroko, Michelle K ^c  

^a Advanced Pain Centers   (United States)

^b Provena Saint Joseph's Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BUPIVACAINE; ESCITALOPRAM; OLANZAPINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; APPETITE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LETTER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NAUSEA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RADIOFREQUENCY; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING;

AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; BUPIVACAINE; CRIME VICTIMS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETREATMENT; STELLATE GANGLION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THEFT;

EID: 57049154072     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: 15473325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401230802435518     Document Type: Letter

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