Differential myelinated and unmyelinated sensory and autonomic skin nerve fiber involvement in patients with ophthalmic postherpetic neuralgia

• Main Authors: Andrea eTruini (Author), maija ehaanpaa (Author), vincenzo eprovitera (Author), antonella ebiasiotta (Author), annamaria estancanelli (Author), giuseppe ecaporaso (Author), lucio esantoro (Author), giorgio ecruccu (Author), maria enolano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2015-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Postherpetic neuralgia is a common and exceptionally drug-resistant neuropathic pain condition. In this cross-sectional skin biopsy study, seeking information on the responsible pathophysiological mechanisms we assessed how ophthalmic postherpetic neuralgia affects sensory and autonomic skin innerva...