MRI of the central nervous system in MS patients with and without pain

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 395-401

  Svendsen, Kristina Bacher ^a   Sørensen, Leif ^a   Jensen, Troels Stahelin ^a   Hansen, Hans Jacob ^a   Bach, Flemming Winther ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Central pain; Cross sectional study; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Pain mechanism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS; THALAMUS;

EID: 79954418857     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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