A C-fiber-mediated neuropathic brachioradial pruritus

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-121

  De Ridder, Dirk ^a   Hans, Guy ^a   Pals, Philippe ^a   Menovsky, Tomas ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

C fiber; Neuroforamen; Neuropathy; Pruritus; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIORADIAL NEUROPATHIC PRURITUS; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER C; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LIDOCAINE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESTHESIA; PRURITUS; RADIAL NERVE; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 77954395837     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.9.JNS09620     Document Type: Article

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