Can we stop pain before it starts?

Pain

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 208-209

  Dickenson, Anthony H ^a,b   Kehlet, Henrik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PREGABALIN;

AMPUTATION; CHRONIC PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LEEDS ASSESSMENT OF NEUROPATHIC SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS SCORE; MASTECTOMY; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL GANGLION; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; CHRONIC PAIN; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES;

EID: 84892819531     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.11.016     Document Type: Editorial

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