Beyond neuropathic pain: Gabapentin use in cancer pain and perioperative pain

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 613-629

  Yan, Peter Z ^a   Butler, Paul M ^a   Kurowski, Donna ^a   Perloff, Michael D ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; gabapentin; pain; perioperative; surgery

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER SURGERY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PERIOPERATIVE PAIN; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPLICATION; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD;

AMINES; ANALGESICS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 84902267651     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000014     Document Type: Article

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