Local anesthetic blockade for neuralgias: "why is the sky blue, daddy?"

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1283-1285

  Carr, Daniel B ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CLONIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PREGABALIN;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CELL ACTIVATION; CHRONIC PAIN; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; NEURALGIA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 79958126820     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318215c58e     Document Type: Editorial

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