The prevalence of widespread central hypersensitivity in chronic pain patients

European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom)

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1502-1510

  Schliessbach, J ^a   Siegenthaler, A ^a   Streitberger, K ^a   Eichenberger, U ^a   Nuesch E ^a,b   Juni P ^a,b   Arendt Nielsen, L ^c   Curatolo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84894169358     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2013.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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