Patterns of cortical reorganization in complex regional pain syndrome

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1707-1715

  Maihöfner, Christian ^a   Handwerker, Hermann O ^a   Neundörfer, Bernhard ^a   Birklein, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0346103688     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000098939.02752.8E     Document Type: Article

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