Neuropathic pain and psychological morbidity in patients with treated leprosy: a cross-sectional prevalence study in Mumbai. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011 BACKGROUND: Neuropathic pain has been little studied in leprosy. We assessed the prevalence and clinical characteristics of neuropathic pain and the validity of the Douleur Neuropathique 4 questionnaire as a screening tool for neuropathic pain in ...
Estrella Lasry-Levy +6 more
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Prevalence and time course of post-stroke pain: A multicenter prospective hospital-based study [PDF]
, 2015 OBJECTIVE: Pain prevalence data for patients at various stages after stroke. DESIGN: Repeated cross-sectional, observational epidemiological study. SETTING: Hospital-based multicenter study.
Barbanti, Piero +17 more
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BMC Neurology, 2011 Background Neuropathic pain must be correctly diagnosed for optimal treatment. The questionnaire named Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory (NPSI) was developed in its original French version to evaluate the different symptoms of neuropathic pain.
Lungenhausen Margitta +5 more
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Oral ketamine vs placebo in patients with cancer-related neuropathic pain [PDF]
, 2018 Ketamine hydrochloride is used as an adjuvant treatment for cancer-related neuropathic pain, but evidence of its effectiveness is limited.1 Findings of a large trial investigating the use of ketamine for general cancer pain were negative, but the ...
Fallon, Marie T. +6 more
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GABAergic synaptic response and its opioidergic modulation in periaqueductal gray neurons of rats with neuropathic pain [PDF]
, 2011 Background Neuropathic pain is a chronic and intractable symptom associated with nerve injury. The periaqueductal gray (PAG) is important in the endogenous pain control system and is the main site of the opioidergic analgesia.
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Somatosensory profiles but not numbers of somatosensory abnormalities of neuropathic pain patients correspond with neuropathic pain grading. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Due to the lack of a specific diagnostic tool for neuropathic pain, a grading system to categorize pain as 'definite', 'probable', 'possible' and 'unlikely' neuropathic was proposed.
Karl-Heinz Konopka +8 more
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation as a new tool to control pain perception. [PDF]
, 2015 Treatment for chronic pain is frequently unsuccessful or characterized by side-effects. The high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (HF-rTMS) has been suggested in the management of refractory chronic pain.
Frasca, Vittorio +3 more
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Journal of Pain Research, 2021 Masahiro Hasegawa, Shine Tone, Yohei Naito, Akihiro Sudo Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu City, Mie, 514-8507, JapanCorrespondence: Masahiro HasegawaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University ...
Hasegawa M, Tone S, Naito Y, Sudo A
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Investigation of the Neuropathic Pain Caused by Syringomyelia Associated with Chiari I Malformation [PDF]
Asian Spine Journal, 2019 Study Design Retrospective cohort study. Purpose To investigate the correlation between the syrinx morphology and neuropathic pain caused by syringomyelia associated with Chiari I malformation.
Toshitaka Seki +5 more
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NGX-4010, a capsaicin 8% patch, for the treatment of painful HIV-associated distal sensory polyneuropathy: integrated analysis of two phase III, randomized, controlled trials [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND HIV-associated distal sensory polyneuropathy (HIV-DSP) is the most frequently reported neurologic complication associated with HIV infection.
Brew, Bruce J +9 more
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