Liposuction may reduce pain in dercum's disease (adiposis dolorosa)

Pain Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 942-952

  Hansson, Emma ^a   Svensson, Henry ^a   Brorson, Håkan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adiposis Dolorosa; Dercum's Disease; Five Year Follow Up; Liposuction; Pain Evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSIS DOLOROSA; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959279792     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01101.x     Document Type: Article

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