Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) impairs visuospatial perception, whereas post-herpetic neuralgia does not: Possible implications for supraspinal mechanism of CRPS

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 931-936

  Uematsu, Hironobu ^a   Sumitani, Masahiko ^b   Yozu, Arito ^c,d   Otake, Yuko ^c   Shibata, Masahiko ^a   Mashimo, Takashi ^a   Miyauchi, Satoru ^e  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive dysfunction; Higher brain function; Multimodal disturbance; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DARK ADAPTATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 73249126529     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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