Successful Reversal of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1 of Both Upper Extremities in Five Patients

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1253-1256

  Vas, Lakshmi ^a   Pai, Renuka ^a  

^a Interventional Pain Management   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; PREGABALIN; TRAMADOL; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; SKIN REDNESS; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; SWELLING; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84866287709     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01435.x     Document Type: Letter

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