Cutaneous innervation density in the allodynic form of postherpetic neuralgia

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-214

  Rowbotham, Michael C ^a   Yosipovitch, Gil ^a   Connolly, M Kari ^a   Finlay, Deborah ^a   Forde, Grace ^a   Fields, Howard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEAFFERENTATION; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN NERVE;

EID: 0030175287     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.1996.0021     Document Type: Article

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