Streamlined classification of psychopathological hand disorders: A literature review

Hand

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-128

  Eldridge, Mary P ^a   Grunert, Brad K ^a   Matloub, Hani S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Clenched fist syndrome; Compulsive behavior; Conversion disorder; Deception; Diagnosis; Differential; Dystonia; Edema; Factitious disorders; Foreign bodies; Hand; Hand deformities; Hyperalgesia; Hysteria; Infection; Injection; Lymphedema; Malingering; Munchausensyndrome; Occupational cramp; Oedeme bleu; Paralysis; Personality disorders; Prognosis; Pseudotrigger finger; Psycho flexed hand; Psychopathology; Psychosomatic medicine; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy; Rehabilitation; Secretan's disease; Self mutilation; SHAFT syndrome; Somatoform disorders; Surgical wound infection; Treatment; Upper extremity; Wounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749093887     PISSN: 15589447     EISSN: 15589455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-007-9072-0     Document Type: Review

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