Reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 521-531

  Kasdan, Morton L ^a   Johnson, Amy L ^b  

^a Hand Surgeons   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NERVE BLOCK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SYMPATHECTOMY;

AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; SYMPATHECTOMY;

EID: 33748970881     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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