• Revue médicale suisse · Jun 2013

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    [New concepts in the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of neuropathic pain].

    • Marc R Suter, Till Sprenger, Ethan Taub, and Marie Besson.
    • Centre d'antalogie, Service d'anesthésiologie, CHUV, Lausanne. marc.suter@chuv.ch
    • Rev Med Suisse. 2013 Jun 26;9(392):1346, 1348-50.

    AbstractWe here summarize five articles bringing new advances in our knowledge on neuropathic pain and put them into perspective with our current understanding. The first uses a mechanism-based approach with a capsaicin test to stratify patients suffering from painful diabetic neuropathy before starting a topical clonidine treatment. The second reviews disinhibition as a critical mechanism and a promising target for chronic pain. The third evokes neuroglial interactions and its implication regarding the interplay between injuries in childhood and hypersensitivity in adulthood. The last articles remind us that interventional therapies, not always very invasive, have a future potential in the therapy of frequent conditions such as head pain disorders.

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