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Concordance of Phantom and Residual Limb Pain Phenotypes in Double Amputees: Evidence for the Contribution of Distinct and Common Individual Factors.
The journal of pain - 1 Dec 2015
Streit Fabian, Bekrater-Bodmann Robin, Diers Martin, Reinhard Iris, Frank Josef, Wüst Stefan, Seltzer Ze'ev, Flor Herta, Rietschel Marcella
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Most, but not all, limb amputees develop phantom limb pain (PLP) or residual limb pain (RLP), and large interindividual differences in pain intensity and course are apparent. The present cross-sectional study of 122 double amputees investigated the possible role of genetic factors in PLP and RLP, assuming that strong individual predisposition results in high intraindividual concordance in pain...
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