Evaluation of beta-endorphin/beta-lipotropin immunoreactivity content in the CSF of patients affected by deafferentation pain syndromes.
Beta-endorphin/beta-lipotropin immunoreactivity (BE/BLPH-IR) content was evaluated in the CSF of patients suffering by deafferentation pain syndromes. BE/BLPH-IR CSF concentrations of these patients were compared with those obtained in a group of patients affected by low back pain and in a control group without pain problems. No statistically significant variation in BE/BLPH-IR levels were found between controls and subjects with different types of chronic pain.
Salar
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Institute of Neurosurgery, University of Padua.
Alessio
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L
Govoni
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S
Battaini
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Iob
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Goss
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Trabucchi
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001416:Back Pain / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D001917:Brachial Plexus; D005121:Extremities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D010146:Pain / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D013577:Syndrome; D001615:beta-Endorphin / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D008083:beta-Lipotropin / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*
D001615:beta-Endorphin; D008083:beta-Lipotropin