Neural mechanisms underlying the pain of juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 205-211

  De Lalouvière, Luke La Hausse ^a   Ioannou, Yiannis ^a   Fitzgerald, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATORY PAIN; INJURY; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PAIN; PAIN RECEPTOR; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE; CHILD; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84898596334     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2014.4     Document Type: Review

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