Reflex sympathetic dystrophy: changing concepts and taxonomy

@article{StantonHicks1995ReflexSD,
  title={Reflex sympathetic dystrophy: changing concepts and taxonomy},
  author={M. d’Arcy Stanton-Hicks and Wilfrid F. J{\"a}nig and Samuel J. Hassenbusch and James D. Haddox and R Boas and P Wilson},
  journal={Pain},
  year={1995},
  volume={63},
  pages={127-133}
}
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