New era dawns on sickle cell pain

Blood

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-312

  Ballas, Samir K ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR AGONIST; HEMOGLOBIN A; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

HYPERALGESIA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL; SICKLE CELL PAIN;

EID: 77956547047     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-04-276386     Document Type: Note

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