Central neuropathic pain in MS is due to distinct thoracic spinal cord lesions

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 554-561

  Okuda, Darin T ^a   Melmed, Kara ^b   Matsuwaki, Takashi ^c   Blomqvist, Anders ^c   Craig, Arthur D Bud ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD LATERAL HORN; SPINAL CORD LESION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 85011718357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23289503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acn3.85     Document Type: Article

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