Commentary: A burning question of subgroup analysis in pain trials

Pain

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-6

  Gibbs, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 FLUORODOPA F 18; ANALGESIC AGENT; CAPSAICIN; DOPAMINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; LINGUAL NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHENOTYPE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUTAMEN; TASTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME; CLONAZEPAM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77349089669     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.01.010     Document Type: Editorial

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