Tools for assessing neuropathic pain

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Cruccu, Giorgio ^a,b   Truini, Andrea ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; ID PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; LEEDS ASSESSMENT OF NEUROPATHIC SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS SCALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAINDETECT QUESTIONNAIRE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSORY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZED EVALUATION OF PAIN;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; NEURALGIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 65449170873     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000045     Document Type: Article

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