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Phantom Limb Syndrome

Known as: Stump Hallucination, pain phantom, Sensations, Phantom 
Perception of painful and nonpainful phantom sensations that occur following the complete or partial loss of a limb. The majority of individuals with… 
National Institutes of Health

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AmputationAmputation StumpsIn BloodMicrobiological

Broader (3)

Nerve root and plexus disordersPhantom painaltered body image

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Phantom Limb Pain

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1970
1970
Psychiatric aspects of pain and the phantom limb.
1969
1969
Phantome nach Amputation und bei angeborenem Gliedmaßenmangel
Fantomas tras las amputaciones y en la falta congénita de extremidades 
1963
1963
Occurrence and nature of phantom limb phenomena following amputation of body parts and following lesions of the central and peripheral nervous system.
1958
1958
Four cases of phantom limb treated with ultrasound.
Review
1957
Review
1957
Phantom limb syndrome associated with herniated nucleus pulposus.
A review of the literature revealed three contributions dealing with the problem of lumbosacral radiculitis and/or herniated… 
Review
1956
Review
1956
Observations on phantom-limb phenomena.
Loss of limb, in man, is often followed by an illusion—the conviction that the limb, or parts of it, continues to be present… 
1956
1956
The phantom limb.
Excerpt Although first mentioned by Ambroise Pare in 1511,1the phantom limb was not again referred to in the literature until its… 
1951
1951
Observations on phantom limb in a paraplegic patient.
1950
1950
Treatment of painful phantom limb by the removal of postcentral cerebral cortex. Discussion.
1950
1950
Adaptation in the phantom limb phenomenon as influenced by the age of amputees.