Altered central somatosensory processing in chronic pain patients with "hysterical" anesthesia

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1501-1507

  Mailis Gagnon, A ^a,b   Giannoylis, I ^b   Downar, J ^b,c   Kwan, C L ^b,c   Mikulis, D J ^a,b   Crawley, A P ^a   Nicholson, K ^a   Davis, Karen D ^a,b,c  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVERSION DISORDER; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; THALAMUS;

EID: 0037988722     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.60.9.1501     Document Type: Article

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