Increased pain sensitivity in alcohol withdrawal syndrome

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 713-718

  Jochum, Thomas ^a   Boettger, Michael K ^a   Burkhardt, Christin ^a   Juckel, Georg ^b   Bär, Karl Jürgen ^a,b  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependency; Alcohol withdrawal; Depressive symptoms; Pain; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STERNUM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; HEAT; HYPERALGESIA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ETHANOL; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ALCOHOL;

EID: 77955559258     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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