Open AccessPostherpetic neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, and trigeminal neuralgia – Chronic peripheral neuropathic pain in 58,480 rural Italian primary care patients
Author(s) -
Nicola Buono,
Hans Thulesius,
Ferdinando Petrazzuoli,
E Castelli,
M Cambielli
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.214980
Subject(s) - medicine , postherpetic neuralgia , neuropathic pain , diabetes mellitus , peripheral neuropathy , trigeminal neuralgia , neuralgia , shingles , etiology , diabetic neuropathy , population , surgery , anesthesia , virus , environmental health , virology , endocrinology
Chronic peripheral neuropathic pain (CPNP) is a condition due to peripheral nervous system diseases or injury, but its prevalence is unknown in Italian primary care.