The relationship of pain, allodynia and thermal sensation in post-herpetic neuralgia

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 347-354

  Rowbotham, Michael C ^a,b   Fields, Howard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperalgesia; Neuropathic pain; Primary afferent nociceptors; Quantitative sensory testing; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOALGESIA; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WARMING;

EID: 0029920310     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.2.347     Document Type: Article

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