Clinical update on other pain syndromes

Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 163-180

  Littlejohn, Geoffrey O ^a,b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

allodynia; hyperalgesia; localized pain; pain syndromes; Regional pain

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0029961721     PISSN: 10582452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J094v04n01_10     Document Type: Review

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