The Diagnostic Workup of Patients with Neuropathic Pain

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-30

  Horowitz, Steven H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSESTHESIA; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; ENZYME REPLACEMENT; FABRY DISEASE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKIN BIOPSY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 33845347424     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2006.10.002     Document Type: Review

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