منابع مشابه
Systemic inflammatory mediators in post-traumatic Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS I) - longitudinal investigations and differences to control groups
OBJECTIVES The Complex Regional Pain Syndrome I (CRPS I) is a disease that might affect an extremity after trauma or operation. The pathogenesis remains yet unclear. It has clinical signs of severe local inflammation as a result of an exaggerated inflammatory response but neurogenic dysregulation also contributes to it. Some studies investigated the role inflammatory mediators and cytokines; ho...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Pain
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0970-5333
DOI: 10.4103/0970-5333.138458