Prevalence of neuropathic pain among black African patients suVering from common low back pain

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2149-2153

  Ouédraogo, Dieu Donné ^a,b   Nonguierma, Victor ^a   Napon, Christian ^a   Kabré, Abel ^a   Tiéno, Hervé ^a   Guira, Oumar ^a   Kaboré, Jean ^a   Drabo, Joseph Y ^a  

^a University Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo   (Burkina Faso)

^b Rhumatologue ^*  (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

DN4; Epidemiology; Low back pain; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; BURNING SENSATION; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULOPATHY; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SKIN TINGLING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BURKINA FASO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PARESTHESIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863984905     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-1945-4     Document Type: Article

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