Treatment of Persistent Hiccups with a Single Session of Gabapentin Therapy -A report of 2 cases-
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You, Sie Hyun
(Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University)
Kim, Chun Sook (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) Kim, Bung Heum (Department of Orthopedics, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) Seo, Hwan Joo (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) Kang, Kyu Sik (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) |
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