Gabapentinoids: Gabapentin and pregabalin for postoperative pain management

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 52-53

  Imani, Farnad ^a   Rahimzadeh, Poupak ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Pain; Pregabalin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899409204     PISSN: 22287523     EISSN: 22287531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/aapm.7743     Document Type: Editorial

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