Nondermatomal somatosensory deficits (NDSDs): A neuropsychobiological phenomenon?

Pain

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 12-13

  Mailis Gagnon, Angela ^a   Nicholson, Keith ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONDERMATOMAL SOMATOSENSORY DEFICIT; PAIN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; PAIN; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS;

EID: 69049106389     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.04.014     Document Type: Editorial

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