Impact of three-phase bone scintigraphy on the diagnosis and treatment of complex regional pain syndrome type I or reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-51

  Shehab, Dia ^a   Elgazzar, Abdelhamid ^a   Collier, B David ^a   Naddaf, Sleiman ^a   Al Jarallah, Khalid ^a   Omar, Abdelmoneim ^a   Al Mutairy, Moudi ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bone scintigraphy; Complex regional pain syndrome type I; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy; Steroids

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

ADULT; BONE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY;

EID: 29044449516     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089385     Document Type: Article

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