Complex regional pain syndromes: Guidelines for therapy

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-166

  Stanton Hicks, Michael ^a   Baron, Ralf ^b   Boas, Robert ^b   Gordh, Torsten ^b   Harden, Norman ^b   Hendler, Nelson ^b   Koltzenburg, Martin ^b   Raj, Prithvi ^b   Wilder, Robert ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Causalgia; Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) types I and II; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy; Treatment algorithm

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCITONIN; CAPSAICIN; CLONIDINE; DESIPRAMINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MAPROTILINE; MEXILETINE; NABUMETONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PRAZOSIN; PRILOCAINE; STEROID; TERAZOSIN;

ALGORITHM; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CAUSALGIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY;

ALGORITHMS; CAUSALGIA; HUMANS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031866511     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-199806000-00012     Document Type: Article

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