Complex regional pain syndrome (Type I, RSD; Type II, causalgia): Controversies

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 16, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  Stanton Hicks, Michael ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Causalgia; Complex regional pain syndrome; CRPS; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy; RSD; SMP; Sympathetically maintained pain

Indexed keywords

CAUSALGIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROPATHY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY;

EID: 0034041481     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200006001-00007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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