Complex Regional Pain Syndrome I (CRPS I): Prospective study and laboratory evaluation

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 282-289

  Sandroni, Paola ^a   Low, Phillip A ^a   Ferrer, Teresa ^a   Opfer Gehrking, Tonette L ^a   Willner, Catherine L ^a   Wilson, Peter R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; QSART; RSD; Sympathetic; Vasomotor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AXONS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFLEX; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031742828     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-199812000-00003     Document Type: Article

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