Acute Pain
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 139-141 , December 2009

Phantom limb like pain and sensations in an intact lower extremity

  • Suparna Saha

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, 1709 Dryden Rd. STE 1700, MS:BCM120, Houston, TX 77030, United States
    • Tel.: +1 713 798 7356; fax: +1 713 798 6374.
    • ,
  • Eldor L. Brish

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, 1709 Dryden Rd. STE 1700, MS:BCM120, Houston, TX 77030, United States
    • Tel.: +1 713 798 7356; fax: +1 713 798 6374.
    • ,
  • Krishna Boddu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston & Memorial Hermann Hospital, 6431 Fannin, MSB 5.020, Houston, TX 77030, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 713 855 9971; fax: +1 713 500 0595.

Received 26 April 2009 ,Revised 6 July 2009 ,Accepted 10 July 2009.

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PII: S1366-0071(09)00041-2

doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2009.07.004

Acute Pain
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 139-141 , December 2009

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