Pain and sensory dysfunction after breast cancer surgery: Neurometer CPT evaluation

Anticancer Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5 B, 2006, Pages 3839-3844

  Passavanti, M B ^a   Pace, Maria Caterina ^a   Barbarisi, A ^a   D'Andrea, F ^a   Grella, E ^a   Nicoletti, G F ^a   Aurilio, C ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; CPT test; Pain; Sensory function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 33750721296     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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