Socio-demographic and clinical profile of chronic pain with neuropathic characteristics in sub-Saharan African elderly

European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom)

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 939-943

  Lekpa, Fernando Kemta ^a,b   Ndongo, S ^a,c   Ka, O ^a   Zeba, D ^a   Compaore C ^c   Pouye, A ^c   Ka, M M ^c,d   Diop, T M ^c  

^a Center for Gerontology and Geriatrics   (Senegal)

^b DOUALA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^d University of Thies   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OCCUPATION; OUTPATIENT; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULOPATHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENESCENCE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPINE DISEASE; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84879561444     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2012.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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