Spinal cord stimulation markedly ameliorated refractory neuropathic pain in transthyretin Val30Met familial amyloid polyneuropathy

Amyloid

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 87-90

  Miyazaki, Yu ^a   Koike, Haruki ^a   Akane, Akiko ^a   Shibata, Yasuyuki ^a   Nishiwaki, Kimitoshi ^a   Sobue, Gen ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

familial amyloid polyneuropathy; Neuropathic pain; quality of life; spinal cord stimulation; symptomatic therapies

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; METHIONINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREALBUMIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURALGIA; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PREALBUMIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 79955842035     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: 17442818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506129.2011.569782     Document Type: Article

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