Burns
Volume 36, Issue 6 , Pages 769-772 , September 2010

Treatment of post-burn neuropathic pain: Evaluation of pregablin

  • Lesley Wong

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University of Kentucky Division of Plastic Surgery, 740 S. Limestone, Suite K454, Lexington, KY 40536, USA. Tel.: +1 859 323 1293; fax: +1 859 323 3823.
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  • Leslie Turner

,Accepted 29 May 2009.

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PII: S0305-4179(09)00395-7

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.05.018

Burns
Volume 36, Issue 6 , Pages 769-772 , September 2010

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