What lies above and beyond the concept of "sympathetically maintained pain"?

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 331-333

  Elam, Mikael ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER C; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0035736415     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02292762     Document Type: Editorial

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