Definition diagnosis and treatment of neuropathic pain
Neuropathic Pain is defined as pain caused by lesion or dysfunction of the nervous system, as a result of abnormal activation of the nociceptive pathway (small fibers and spinothalamic tracts). The most common causes of this syndrome are the following: diabetes, post-herpetic neuralgia, trigeminal n...
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| Language: | English |
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Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Clinical and Biomedical Research |
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| Online Access: | http://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/6607 |