Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3283384 | Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology | 2012 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
In patients with CP, brain areas involved in pain processing have reduced cortical thickness. As a result of long-term, ongoing pain input to the neuromatrix, cortical thickness might serve as a measure for overall pain system dysfunction, as observed in other diseases characterized by chronic pain.
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Authors
Jens Brøndum Frøkjær, Stefan A.W. Bouwense, Søren Schou Olesen, Flemming H. Lundager, Simon F. Eskildsen, Harry van Goor, Oliver H.G. Wilder-Smith, Asbjørn Mohr Drewes,