Clinical diagnosis and treatment of suspected neuropathic pain in three dogs

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 45-50

  Cashmore, R G ^a   Harcourt Brown, T R ^a   Freeman, P M ^a,b   Jeffery, N D ^a   Granger, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Veterinary Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Dogs; Neuropathic pain; Review; Tricyclic antidepressants; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GABAPENTIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMINES; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 58849144821     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2008.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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