Natural history of cutaneous innervation following herpes zoster

Pain

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-82

  Petersen, Karin Lottrup ^a   Rice, Frank L ^c   Farhadi, Mahkam ^c   Reda, Haatem ^a,b   Rowbotham, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Denervation; Epidermal nerve fiber density; HZ; PGP; PGP9.5; PHN; Reinnervation

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNERVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; SKIN;

EID: 77953028279     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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