 Causalgia
"Causalgia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A complex regional pain syndrome characterized by burning pain and marked sensitivity to touch (HYPERESTHESIA) in the distribution of an injured peripheral nerve. Autonomic dysfunction in the form of sudomotor (i.e., sympathetic innervation to sweat glands), vasomotor, and trophic skin changes may also occur. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1359)
| Descriptor ID |
D002422
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.177.195.200 C10.668.829.250.200 C10.668.829.600.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Causalgia- Causalgia
- Type II Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- CRPS Type II
- Deafferentation Pain
- Pain, Deafferentation
- Causalgia Syndrome
- Causalgia Syndromes
- Syndrome, Causalgia
- Syndromes, Causalgia
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type II
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Causalgia" by people in Profiles.
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Drummond PD, Drummond ES, Dawson LF, Mitchell V, Finch PM, Vaughan CW, Phillips JK. Upregulation of a1-adrenoceptors on cutaneous nerve fibres after partial sciatic nerve ligation and in complex regional pain syndrome type II. Pain. 2014 Mar; 155(3):606-616.
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Wang G, Thompson SM. Maladaptive homeostatic plasticity in a rodent model of central pain syndrome: thalamic hyperexcitability after spinothalamic tract lesions. J Neurosci. 2008 Nov 12; 28(46):11959-69.
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Brown RS, Flaitz CM, Hays GL, Bottomley WK. Five cases of burning lips syndrome. Compend Contin Educ Dent. 1996 Oct; 17(10):927-30, 932-6; quiz 938.
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