Skin matters: Identifying pain mechanisms and predicting treatment outcomes

Neurology Research International

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Shipton, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CAPSAICIN; CLONIDINE; DICLOFENAC; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; INDOMETACIN; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE;

AUTOIMMUNITY; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BIOPSY; BLISTER BIOPSY; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROMELALGIA; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FOOT PAIN; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFECTION; LASER EVOKED POTENTIAL; METABOLIC DISORDER; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTION; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUNCH BIOPSY; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; REVIEW; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY; SUNBURN; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878711608     PISSN: 20901852     EISSN: 20901860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/329364     Document Type: Review

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