Neuropathic pain

Nature Reviews Disease Primers

Volumn 3, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Colloca, Luana ^a   Ludman, Taylor ^a   Bouhassira, Didier ^b   Baron, Ralf ^c   Dickenson, Anthony H ^d   Yarnitsky, David ^e   Freeman, Roy ^f   Truini, Andrea ^g   Attal, Nadine ^b   Finnerup, Nanna B ^h   Eccleston, Christopher ^i,j   Kalso, Eija ^k   Bennett, David L ^l   Dworkin, Robert H ^m   Raja, Srinivasa N ⁿ  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

ⁱ University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^j GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

ⁿ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; STEROID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GABAPENTIN; LIDOCAINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; PREGABALIN; TRAMADOL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL GANGLION; ANALGESIA; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; COMPLICATION; NEOPLASM; NEURALGIA; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION;

AMINES; ANALGESICS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; NARCOTICS; NEOPLASMS; NEURALGIA; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PREGABALIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRAMADOL; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS;

EID: 85013188047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2056676X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrdp.2017.2     Document Type: Article

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