Successful treatment of charcot-marie-tooth chronic pain with spinal cord stimulation: A case study

Neuromodulation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 224-228

  Skaribas, Ioannis M ^a   Washburn, Stephanie N ^b  

^a Greater Houston Therapeutics   (United States)

^b St Jude Medical Neuromodulation Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth disease; chronic pain; neurostimulation; peripheral neuropathy; spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL CITRATE; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; KETAMINE; NORCOCAINE; PRAMIPEXOLE; PREGABALIN; STEROID; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954551487     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2009.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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