Severe complications of reflex sympathetic dystrophy: Infection, ulcers, chronic edema, dystonia, and myoclonus

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 424-429

  Van Der Laan, Lijckle ^a,c   Veldman, Peter H J M ^b   Goris, R Jan A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Surgery ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; DYSTONIA; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN ULCER; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY;

EID: 0031948862     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90144-7     Document Type: Article

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