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Further Reading

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Clinical guidelines

Complex regional pain syndrome: treatment guidelines (third edition).
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association - Private Nonprofit Organization. 2002 Feb (revised 2006 Jun). 67 pages. NGC:005233

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Treatment Guidelines
This new edition of the guidelines has been edited by R. Norman Harden, MD, Director, Center for Pain Studies, Addison Chair, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago; Associate Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

Clinical trials

Study of Proteins Associated With Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Safety and Efficacy Study of Ethosuximide for the Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

Autonomic Dysfunction and Spinal Cord Stimulation in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

A Study of the Effect of Lenalidamide on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1

Pregabalin Versus Placebo as an Add on for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CPRS) of the Upper Limb Managed by Stellate Ganglion Block (The PREGA Study)

Association Between Focal Dystonia and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Neurotropin to Treat Chronic Neuropathic Pain

Evaluation and Diagnosis of People With Pain and Fatigue Syndromes

Safety and Efficacy Study of Ethosuximide for the Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS).

Keywords

reflex sympathetic dystrophy, complex regional pain syndrome type I, CRPS-I, sympathetically mediated pain syndrome, SMPS, causalgia, algodystrophy, algodynia, Sudek's atrophy, Sudek atrophy, shoulder-hand syndrome, RSD

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Lawrence E Holder, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Florida, Shands Jacksonville Medical Center
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