Successful treatment of central pain in a multiple sclerosis patient with epidural stimulation of the dorsal root entry zone

Pain Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-132

  Burkey, Adam R ^a   Abla Yao, Shiyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pain; Multiple sclerosis; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; BACLOFEN; BETA1A INTERFERON; GABAPENTIN; PANTOPRAZOLE; SERTRALINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; HAND PARESTHESIA; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HYPOALGESIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 74049138341     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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