No beneficial effect of intrathecal methylprednisolone acetate in postherpetic neuralgia patients

European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom)

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 714-723

  Rijsdijk, M ^a   Van Wijck, A J M ^a   Meulenhoff, P C W ^a   Kavelaars, A ^b   Van Der Tweel, I ^c   Kalkman, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Julius Center   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTALKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIDOCAINE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879579302     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2012.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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