Characteristics of chronic pain and its impact on quality of life of patients with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP)

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-135

  Netto, Elaine Coutinho ^a   Brites, Carlos ^b  

^a Hospital Sarah de Reabilitação   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; chronic pain; HAM TSP; HTLV 1; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HTLV 1 ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; TROPICAL SPASTIC PARAPARESIS;

EID: 79551518486     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181f195d3     Document Type: Article

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