Interobserver agreement on differential diagnosis of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type 1

Pain Clinic

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-149

  Van de Vusse, Anton C ^a   Stomp Van Den Berg, Suzanne G M ^b   Weber, Wilhelm E J ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Interobserver agreement; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

EID: 0037677720     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856903321579262     Document Type: Article

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