Assessment: Efficacy of transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation in the treatment of pain in neurologic disorders (an evidence-based review): Report of the therapeutics and technology assessment subcommittee of the American academy of neurology

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-176

  Dubinsky, Richard M ^a   Miyasaki, Janis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75649105067     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181c918fc     Document Type: Article

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