Clinical implications of the integrity of the pain matrix

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 979-980

  Whyte, John ^a  

^a MOSS REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINGER; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE TRACT; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ANALGESICS; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE;

EID: 53849098895     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70220-5     Document Type: Letter

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