Phantom body pain in paraplegics: Evidence for a central “pattern generating mechanism” for pain
PainPublished 1 October 1977
Ronald Melzack, John D. Loeser
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P paraplegic patients who had undergone removal of an entire section of the spinal cord in the attempt to alleviate phantom body pain, yet they still suffered severe pain in the denervated areas of the body are described.
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aDepartment of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Que.Canada bDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash. 98195 U.S.A. Accepted May 24, 1977.
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