Pain threshold and tolerance in Alzheimer's disease

Pain

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 377-382

  Benedetti, Fabrizio ^a,b   Vighetti, Sergio ^a   Ricco, Claudia ^a   Lagna, Elisabetta ^a   Bergamasco, Bruno ^a   Pinessi, Lorenzo ^a   Rainere, Innocenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Mini mental state examination test; Pain threshold; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0032997062     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00228-0     Document Type: Article

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