Is postherpetic neuralgia more than one disorder?

Pain Forum

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 231-237

  Rowbotham, M D ^a   Petersen, K L ^a   Fields, H L ^a   Nurmikko, T ^a   Yarnitsky, D ^a   Eisenberg, E ^a   Bennett, G J ^a   Maleki, J ^a   Baron, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Deafferentation; Neuropathic pain; Nociceptors; Postherpetic neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CAPSAICIN; CHLOROETHANE; DEXTRORPHAN; HISTAMINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ALLODYNIA; COOLING; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; REVIEW; RHIZOTOMY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL GANGLION; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 0032425470     PISSN: 10589139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1082-3174(98)70003-0     Document Type: Review

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