Multimodal stepped care approach involving topical analgesics for severe intractable neuropathic pain in CRPS type 1: A case report

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kopsky, David J ^a   Keppel Hesselink, Jan M ^b  

^a Institute for Neuropathic Pain   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for Neuropathic Pain   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; KETAMINE;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 85014846617     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/319750     Document Type: Article

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