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SUBMITTER: Miller RE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6563447 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Miller Robin E RE Brown Dawn S DS Keith Scott W SW Hegarty Sarah E SE Setty Yamaja Y Campbell Claudia M CM McCahan Suzanne M SM Gayen-Betal Suhita S Byck Hal H Stuart Marie M
British journal of haematology 20190328 5
Quantitative sensory testing (QST) is used in a variety of pain disorders to characterize pain and predict prognosis and response to specific therapies. In this study, we aimed to confirm results in the literature documenting altered QST thresholds in sickle cell disease (SCD) and assess the test-retest reliability of results over time. Fifty-seven SCD and 60 control subjects aged 8-20 years underwent heat and cold detection and pain threshold testing using a Medoc TSAII. Participants were teste ...[more]