Letter to the Editor of Pain on Freynhagen et al.: Pseudoradicular and radicular low-back pain - A disease continuum rather than different entities? Answers from quantitative sensory testing. Pain 2007;135:65-74

Pain

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 312-313

  Leffler, Ann Sofie ^a   Hansson, Per ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RADICULOPATHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADICULOPATHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 40249114688     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.02.002     Document Type: Letter

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