The measurement of pain pressure threshold in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Pain Clinic

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-191

  Catal, S A ^a   Erdem, H R ^a   Okumus, M ^a   Ozgocmen, S ^a   Yorgancioglu, Z R ^a  

^a Ankara State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Pain pressure threshold; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0034490917     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856900750232524     Document Type: Article

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