Latest developments in the assessment and management of chronic musculoskeletal pain syndromes in children

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 496-502

  Connelly, Mark ^a   Schanberg, Laura ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic pain; Diagnosis; Musculoskeletal pain; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BUFLOMEDIL; LIDOCAINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PROSTACYCLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; JUVENILE PRIMARY FIBROMYALGIA; LEISURE; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; SYNDROME;

EID: 33746868948     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bor.0000240361.32089.97     Document Type: Review

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