Long-term follow-up of Iranian veteran upper extremity amputees from the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988)

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 886-888

  Ebrahimzadeh, Mohammad H ^a   Fattahi, Asieh S ^b   Nejad, Ali Birjandi ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Amputations; Iran Iraq war; Phantom pain; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Upper limb amputation; War amputation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMPUTATION STUMP; ANAMNESIS; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRAN; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHANTOM PAIN; PHANTOM SENSATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VETERAN;

EID: 33750015000     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000236014.78230.77     Document Type: Article

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