Central poststroke pain and Wallenberg's lateral medullary infarction: Frequency, character, and determinants in 63 patients

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 120-125

  MacGowan, D J L ^b   Janal, M N ^c   Clark, W C ^c   Wharton, R N ^c   Lazar, R M ^c   Sacco, R L ^a   Mohr, J P ^c  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STROKE; WALLENBERG SYNDROME;

EID: 0030802355     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.1.120     Document Type: Article

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