Screening tools for neuropathic pain: are they adaptable in different languages and cultures?

Pain Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 985-986

  Attal, Nadine ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; VALIDITY; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77955146077     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00893.x     Document Type: Editorial

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