Investigation of neuropathic pain in treated leprosy patients in Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1620-1624

  Haroun, Omer M O ^a   Hietaharju, Aki ^b   Bizuneh, Elizabeth ^c   Tesfaye, Fasil ^c   Brandsma, J Wim ^d   Haanpää, Maija ^e   Rice, Andrew S C ^f,g   Lockwood, Diana N J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c All Africa Leprosy Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation Training Centre Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

^d Hand Centre Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leprosy; Nerve damage; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOULEUR NEUROPATHIQUE EN 4 QUESTIONS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LEEDS ASSESSMENT OF NEUROPATHIC SYMPTOMS AND SIGN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863726614     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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