For Debate: Reflex responses do not necessarily signify pain

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7060, 1996, Pages 797-798

  Lloyd Thomas, Adrian R ^a   Fitzgerald, Maria ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; REVIEW; SENSATION;

FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PAIN; PERCEPTION; REFLEX; SENSATION;

EID: 0030604870     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7060.797     Document Type: Article

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