Imaging in early posttraumatic complex regional pain syndrome: A comparison of diagnostic methods

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 449-457

  Schürmann, Matthias ^a,d   Zaspel, Johannes ^b   Löhr, Pascal ^b   Wizgall, Ingrid ^b   Tutic, Michaela ^b   Manthey, Nikolaus ^b   Steinborn, Marc ^b   Gradl, Georg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^d Sana Klinikum Hof   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 phase bone scan; Complex regional pain syndrome; MRI; Radiography; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; SKELETON; THERMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMOGRAPHY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34249085251     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31805c9e66     Document Type: Article

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