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Dissociated sensory loss

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It is a useful generalization to state that pain/temperature sensation and touch/vibration/joint position sensation follow two distinct pathways.

Damage to either pathway in isolation results in dissociated sensory loss. The damage usually occurs in the spinal cord.


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