Vitamin D for the treatment of chronic painful conditions in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Straube, Sebastian ^a   Derry, Sheena ^b   Moore, R Andrew ^b   McQuay, Henry J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANALGESIA; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 70349112324     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007771     Document Type: Review

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