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Clinical presentation, management, and pathophysiology of neuropathic itch
Publication date: August 2018Source: The Lancet Neurology, Volume 17, Issue 8Author(s): Martin Steinhoff, Martin Schmelz, Imre Lőrinc Szabó, Anne Louise OaklanderSummaryUnlike conventional itch, neuropathic itch develops in normal skin from excess peripheral firing or dampened central inhibition of itch pathway neurons. Neuropathic itch is a symptom of the same central and peripheral nervous system disorders that cause neuropathic pain, such as sensory polyneuropathy, radiculopathy, herpes zoster, stroke, or multiple sclerosis, and lesion location affects symptoms more than aetiology. The causes of neuropathic itch are h...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - July 18, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
