Pain phenomena and possible mechanisms in patients with painful polyneuropathy

Pain

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 187-192

  Otto, Marit ^a   Bak, Søren ^a   Bach, Flemming W ^b   Jensen, Troels S ^b   Sindrup, Søren H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Neuropathic pain; Sensory testing; Signs; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TOUCH;

EID: 0037223673     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(02)00313-5     Document Type: Article

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