Pain thresholds are not elevated in trichotillomania

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 347-349

  Christenson, Gary A ^a   Raymond, Nancy C ^a   Faris, Patricia L ^a   McAllister, Robin D ^a   Crow, Scott J ^a   Howard, Lynn A ^a   Mitchell, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

hair pulling; nociception; pain; Trichotillomania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 0028023986     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(94)90634-3     Document Type: Article

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