TY - JOUR KW - Analgesics KW - Antidepressive Agents KW - Chronic Disease KW - Female KW - Humans KW - leprosy KW - Male KW - Neuralgia KW - Pain Measurement KW - Peripheral Nervous System Diseases KW - Prognosis KW - Risk Assessment KW - Sensory Thresholds KW - Severity of Illness Index KW - Treatment Outcome AU - Haanpää M AU - Lockwood DN AU - Hietaharju A AB -

Chronic neuropathic pain in treated leprosy has received scant attention. In this article the concept, clinical features and diagnosis of neuropathic pain are reviewed. The possible pathophysiological mechanisms, treatment challenges and research needs in this area are discussed.

BT - Leprosy review C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15072122?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 2004 Mar IS - 1 J2 - Lepr Rev LA - eng N2 -

Chronic neuropathic pain in treated leprosy has received scant attention. In this article the concept, clinical features and diagnosis of neuropathic pain are reviewed. The possible pathophysiological mechanisms, treatment challenges and research needs in this area are discussed.

PY - 2004 SP - 7 EP - 18 T2 - Leprosy review TI - Neuropathic pain in leprosy. UR - https://leprosyreview.org/article/75/1/00-7018 VL - 75 SN - 0305-7518 ER -