Relief of post-herpetic neuralgia by surgical removal of painful skin

Pain

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 119-126

  Petersen, Karin L ^a,d   Rice, Frank L ^b   Suess, Fred ^c   Berro, Marlene ^a   Rowbotham, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Capsaicin; Hyperalgesia; Nociceptors; Skin biopsy; VR 1

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXCISION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NERVE;

AGED; BIOPSY; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; HYPERESTHESIA; MALE; NEURALGIA; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; RECEPTORS, DRUG; SKIN; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES; TOUCH; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 0036293929     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(02)00029-5     Document Type: Article

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