PNS origin of phantom limb sensation and pain: reply to letter to the editor regarding Foell et al., peripheral origin of phantom limb pain: is it all resolved?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, Institute of Life Sciences and Center for Research on Pain, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel Pain and Rehabilitation Clinic, National Trauma Center, Trauma University Hospital and Galenus Clinic, Tirana, Albania Pain Rehabilitation Unit, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel Biomedical and Experimental Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine, Tirana, Albania.

Comment

Marshall Devor et al. Pain. 2014 Oct.

. 2014 Oct;155(10):2207-2208.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.08.018. Epub 2014 Aug 26.

¹ Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, Institute of Life Sciences and Center for Research on Pain, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel Pain and Rehabilitation Clinic, National Trauma Center, Trauma University Hospital and Galenus Clinic, Tirana, Albania Pain Rehabilitation Unit, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel Biomedical and Experimental Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine, Tirana, Albania.

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Peripheral nervous system origin of phantom limb pain.
Vaso A, Adahan HM, Gjika A, Zahaj S, Zhurda T, Vyshka G, Devor M. Vaso A, et al. Pain. 2014 Jul;155(7):1384-1391. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.04.018. Epub 2014 Apr 21. Pain. 2014. PMID: 24769187
Peripheral origin of phantom limb pain: is it all resolved?
Foell J, Andoh J, Bekrater-Bodmann R, Diers M, Fuchs X, Colloca L, Flor H. Foell J, et al. Pain. 2014 Oct;155(10):2205-2206. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.08.028. Epub 2014 Aug 29. Pain. 2014. PMID: 25180014 No abstract available.

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