Procedure for certification of QST laboratories;Zertifizierungsrichtlinien für QST-Labore

Schmerz

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-69

  Geber, C ^a   Scherens, A ^b   Pfau, D ^c   Nestler, N ^d   Zenz, M ^b   Tolle T ^e   Baron, R ^f   Treede, R D ^c   Maier, C ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d Certkom EV ^*

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Certification; Neuropathic pain; Quantitative sensory testing (QST)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; SENSORY EVALUATION;

EID: 61349129037     PISSN: 0932433X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00482-008-0771-4     Document Type: Article

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