Comparison of LEP and QST and their contribution to standard sensory diagnostic assessment of spinal lesions: A pilot study

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 401-410

  Geber, Christian ^a   Baumgärtner, Ulf ^b   Fechir, Marcel ^a   Vogt, Thomas ^a   Birklein, Frank ^a   Treede, Rolf Detlef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostic assessment; Laser evoked potentials (LEP); Neuropathic pain; Quantitative sensory testing (QST); Spinal lesion; Spinothalamic tract

Indexed keywords

GLATIRAMER; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER EVOKED POTENTIAL; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT;

ADULT; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 79960114350     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-011-0476-9     Document Type: Article

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