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Perception of painful and nonpainful phantom sensations that occur following the complete or partial loss of a limb. The majority of individuals with an amputated extremity will experience the impression that the limb is still present, and in many cases, painful. (From Neurol Clin 1998 Nov;16(4):919-36; Brain 1998 Sep;121(Pt 9):1603-30)
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- Phantom Sensation
- Pseudomelia
- Limb, Phantom
- Limbs, Phantom
- Phantom Limbs
- Phantom Sensations
- Pseudomelias
- Sensation, Phantom
- Sensations, Phantom
- Phantom Limb Pain
- Phantom Pain
- Limb Pain, Phantom
- Limb Pains, Phantom
- Pain, Phantom
- Pain, Phantom Limb
- Pains, Phantom
- Pains, Phantom Limb
- Phantom Limb Pains
- Phantom Pains
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.
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- National Library of Medicine. Phantom Limb. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010591. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010591
- Phantom Limb. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_limb
- Phantom Limb. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1191062