Pharmacological management of central post-stroke pain: A practical guide

CNS Drugs

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 787-797

  Kim, Jong S ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION; HUMAN; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; STROKE;

EID: 84929129797     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: 11791934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40263-014-0194-y     Document Type: Review

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