PM&R
Volume 2, Issue 6 , Pages 576-578 , June 2010

Alteration in Phantom Pain and Sensation With Visceral Movement

  • Manoj Sivan, MRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom⁎
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to M.S.; Academic Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Level D, Martin Wing, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds LS1 3EX UK
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Stoppard, MRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom†
    • ,
  • Stephen Kirker, MD, FRCP, FRCPI

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom‡

Received 18 December 2009 ,Accepted 17 February 2010.

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PII: S1934-1482(10)00130-9

doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.02.005

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