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Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of pregabalin, venlafaxine, and carbamazepine in patients with painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy

A randomized, double-blind trial

Nazanin Razazian, Maryam Baziyar, Nasrin Moradian, Daryoush Afshari, Arash Bostani and Marziyeh Mahmoodi
Neurosciences Journal July 2014, 19 (3) 192-198;
Nazanin Razazian
From the Department of Neurology (Razazian, Baziyar, Moradian, Afshari, Bostani), Imam Reza Hospital, College of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, and the Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology (Mahmoodi), Hamadan University of Medical Science, Hamadan, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Maryam Baziyar
From the Department of Neurology (Razazian, Baziyar, Moradian, Afshari, Bostani), Imam Reza Hospital, College of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, and the Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology (Mahmoodi), Hamadan University of Medical Science, Hamadan, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Nasrin Moradian
From the Department of Neurology (Razazian, Baziyar, Moradian, Afshari, Bostani), Imam Reza Hospital, College of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, and the Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology (Mahmoodi), Hamadan University of Medical Science, Hamadan, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Daryoush Afshari
From the Department of Neurology (Razazian, Baziyar, Moradian, Afshari, Bostani), Imam Reza Hospital, College of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, and the Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology (Mahmoodi), Hamadan University of Medical Science, Hamadan, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Arash Bostani
From the Department of Neurology (Razazian, Baziyar, Moradian, Afshari, Bostani), Imam Reza Hospital, College of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, and the Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology (Mahmoodi), Hamadan University of Medical Science, Hamadan, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Marziyeh Mahmoodi
From the Department of Neurology (Razazian, Baziyar, Moradian, Afshari, Bostani), Imam Reza Hospital, College of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, and the Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology (Mahmoodi), Hamadan University of Medical Science, Hamadan, Islamic Republic of Iran
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