Diagnosis and assessment of neuropathic pain: The saga of clinical tools

Pain

Volumn 152, Issue SUPPL.3, 2011, Pages

  Bouhassira, Didier ^a   Attal, Nadine ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN SCALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN SYMPTOM INVENTORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 79951575714     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.11.027     Document Type: Review

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