Is there a correlation between symptoms and bone scintigraphic findings in patients with complex regional pain syndrome?

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 665-669

  AlSharif, Abedallatif ^a   Akel, Alaa Y ^a   Sheikh Ali, Rasha F ^a   Juweid, Malik E ^a   Hawamdeh, Ziad M ^a   Ajlouni, Jihad M ^a   Abdulsahib, Ameer S ^a   AlHadidi, Fadi A ^a   ElHadidy, Shaher T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Bone scintigraphy; Complex regional pain syndrome; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLODYNIA; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DISEASE DURATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE AND BONES; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867992451     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: 18646433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-012-0623-2     Document Type: Review

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