A Review of Neuropathic Pain: From Diagnostic Tests to Mechanisms
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A Review of Neuropathic Pain: From Diagnostic Tests to Mechanisms
Neuropathic pain develops when the somatosensory nervous system is affected by a lesion or disease. Diagnostic tests aimed at assessing somatosensory afferent pathway damage are therefore useful for diagnosing neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain manifests with a range of different symptoms such as ongoing burning pain, squeezing or pressure pain, paroxysmal electric shock-like sensations, stabbi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pain and Therapy
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2193-8237,2193-651X
DOI: 10.1007/s40122-017-0085-2