Sympathetic dysfunction as a temporary phenomenon in acute posttraumatic CRPS I

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-34

  Gradl, Georg ^a   Schürmann, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Hof   (Germany)

Author keywords

CRPS I; Diagnosis; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Sympathetic nervous system; Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FINGER; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POSTTRAUMATIC PAIN; PROVOCATION; RECORDING; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYMPTOM; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; TIME; VASOCONSTRICTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 16844386218     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-005-0237-z     Document Type: Article

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