Reduced areas of spontaneous neuropathic pain after spinal cord stimulation treatment

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 232-237

  Meier, Kaare ^a,b   Jensen, Troels S ^a,b   Christensen, Bente M ^a   Mølgaard, Morten E ^b   Sørensen, Jens C ^b   Nikolajsen, Lone ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

NeP; Neurological examination; Neuromodulation; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATORS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894071813     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318290236a     Document Type: Article

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