Acute and chronic pain associated with Lyme borreliosis: clinical characteristics and pathophysiologic mechanisms.

نویسندگان

  • Jeffrey H Zimering
  • Mark R Williams
  • Maria E Eiras
  • Brian A Fallon
  • Eric L Logigian
  • Robert H Dworkin
چکیده

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2014.04.024 0304-3959/ 2014 International Association for the Study of Pain. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. ⇑ Corresponding author. Address: Department of Anesthesiology, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 604, Rochester, NY 14642. Tel.: +1 585 275 8214; fax: +1 585 244 7271. E-mail address: [email protected] (R.H. Dworkin). Jeffrey H. Zimering , Mark R. Williams , Maria E. Eiras , Brian A. Fallon , Eric L. Logigian , Robert H. Dworkin b,⇑

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Pain

دوره 155 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014