Sensory changes and loss of intraepidermal nerve fibers in painful unilateral nerve injury

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 683-690

  Schüning, Julia ^a   Scherens, Andrea ^a   Haussleiter, Ida S ^a   Schwenkreis, Peter ^a   Krumova, Elena K ^a   Richter, Helmut ^a   Maier, Christoph ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intraepidermal nerve fiber density; Nerve injury; Neuropathic pain; Quantitative sensory testing; Skin biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERESTHESIA; HYPESTHESIA; HYPOALGESIA; LEG PAIN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERONEUS NERVE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN NERVE; SURAL NERVE; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 70349666665     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181a1260e     Document Type: Article

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