Lamotrigine therapy for resistant pain in Radicular lesions of cervical segments c4-c5 and c5-c6: A case report

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-160

  Titlić, Marina ^a   Jukić, Ivana ^b   Tonkić, Ante ^b   Buča, Ante ^c   Aleksić Shihabi, Anka ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b Hepatology University   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^d Sibenik General Hospital   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants pharmacology; Neuralgia drug therapy; Neuralgia physiopathology; Pain drug therapy; Spinal cord diseases therapy

Indexed keywords

CHLORZOXAZONE; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; LAMOTRIGINE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADICULAR PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; TRIAZINES;

EID: 70549113673     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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