Neuropathic pain: A clinical perspective

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 194, Issue , 2009, Pages 3-30

  Baron, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment; Neuropathy; Pathophysiology; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BACLOFEN; CANNABINOID; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONIDINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DRONABINOL; DULOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIA; OPIATE; OXCARBAZEPINE; OXYCODONE; PREGABALIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; TRAMADOL; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; VENLAFAXINE; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; CANCER PAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EVOKED RESPONSE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHANTOM PAIN; PHENOTYPE; POLYNEUROPATHY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; POSTSTROKE PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; ANIMAL; EFFERENT NERVE; HOSPITALIZATION; MYELINATED NERVE; NEURALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT SELECTION; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY RECEPTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349904600     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-79090-7_1     Document Type: Review

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