Changes in regional cerebral blood flow in the thalamus after electroconvulsive therapy for patients with complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (preliminary case series)

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 529-532

  Fukui, Sei ^a   Shigemori, Shino ^a   Nosaka, Shuichi ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CRPS Type 1; Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT); Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF); Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0036744813     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rapm.2002.34330     Document Type: Article

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