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. 1987 Jul;30(1):79-87.
doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(87)90085-6.

Immediate response of phantom limb pain to calcitonin

Christiane Kessel  1 , Roland Wörz
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Immediate response of phantom limb pain to calcitonin

Christiane Kessel et al. Pain. 1987 Jul.

Abstract

We applied calcitonin in a single-shot treatment to 10 patients with persistent or acute phantom limb pain. Nine patients responded immediately and noted a clear analgesic effect. In contrast a group of non-phantom pain patients of heterogeneous composition did not respond at all, except 1 patient with chronic stump pain. We believe that this could be an exciting new approach to the treatment of phantom limb pain.

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