Pregabalin and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for postherpetic neuralgia treatment

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 567-572

  Barbarisi, Manlio ^a   Pace, Maria Caterina ^a   Passavanti, Maria Beatrice ^a   Maisto, Massimo ^a   Mazzariello, Luigi ^a   Pota, Vincenzo ^a   Aurilio, Caterina ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

allodynia; neuropathic pain; postherpetic neuralgia; pregabalin; TENS

Indexed keywords

PREGABALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 77955983101     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181dda1ac     Document Type: Article

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