Electroconvulsive therapy in the management of chronic pain

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-22

  Rasmussen, Keith G ^a   Rummans, Teresa A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic Pain Syndrome; Electroconvulsive Therapy; Pain Syndrome; Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy; Trigeminal Neuralgia

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; PAIN;

EID: 0036466793     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-002-0019-4     Document Type: Article

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