Sensory small fiber function differentially assessed with diode laser (DL) quantitative sensory testing (QST) in painful neuropathy (PN)

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 417-421

  Moeller Bertram, Tobias ^a   Schilling, Jan M ^a   Bačkonja, Miroslav Misha ^b,c   Nemenov, Michael I ^d,e  

^a University of California at San Diego   (United States)

^b CRILifetree Clinical Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Lasmed LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode Laser; Painful Neuropathy; Quantitative Sensory Testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SKIN STRUCTURE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84875050924     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12049     Document Type: Article

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