Decreased pain detection and tolerance thresholds in chronic tension-type headache

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 373-376

  Bendtsen, Lars ^a   Jensen, Rigmor ^a   Olesen, Jes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029877817     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1996.00550040113021     Document Type: Article

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