Sensory function and pain in a population of patients treated for breast cancer

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 800-806

  Vilholm, O J ^a,b   Cold, S ^a   Rasmussen, L ^b   Sindrup, S H ^a  

^a Department of Neurology ^*

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; THERMAL STIMULATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSATION;

EID: 67149139425     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.01938.x     Document Type: Article

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