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Nervous System Diseases > Neuromuscular Diseases > Peripheral Nervous System Diseases > Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
Nervous System Diseases > Autonomic Nervous System Diseases > Complex Regional Pain Syndromes

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Complex Regional Pain Syndromes  

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  • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
  • CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes)
  • Pain Syndromes, Regional Complex

Scope note

  • Conditions characterized by pain involving an extremity or other body region, HYPERESTHESIA, and localized autonomic dysfunction following injury to soft tissue or nerve. The pain is usually associated with ERYTHEMA; SKIN TEMPERATURE changes, abnormal sudomotor activity (i.e., changes in sweating due to altered sympathetic innervation) or edema. The degree of pain and other manifestations is out of proportion to that expected from the inciting event. Two subtypes of this condition have been described: type I; (REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY) and type II; (CAUSALGIA). (From Pain 1995 Oct;63(1):127-33)

History note

  • 2000

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020918

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