Complex regional pain syndrome in children: Asking the right questions

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 386-390

  Goldschneider, Kenneth R ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex regional pain syndrome; Pain; Pediatric; Review

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; GABAPENTIN; OXCARBAZEPINE; SUBSTANCE P; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABNORMAL SENSATION; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DIZZINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MIGRAINE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHANTOM PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY SYSTEM; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; TILT TABLE TEST; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

EID: 84872807103     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/854159     Document Type: Review

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