title: [Neuralgic neuropathies--complex pathogenesis and therapy. Trigeminal neuralgia--neuralgic shoulder amyotrophy--post-herpetic neuralgia].
abstract: A wide spectrum of manifestations and causes makes the diagnosis of neuralgic neuropathies difficult. In most cases, however, clinical and/or electrophysiological signs of a peripheral nerve disorder can be established. The pathomechanisms underlying pain are complex and not fully understood. They are not limited to the site of a lesion, but encompass the entire peripheral neurone, and may even involve the central neurones. Pathobiological correlates of chronic pain have been identified to involve the entire pain-mediating neuronal pathway.
authors.affiliation: Univ.-Klinik, Sektion Klinische Neurophysiologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Univ. Heidelberg.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Meinck
mesh_terms: D020968:Brachial Plexus Neuritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000294:innervation / Q000503:physiopathology; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Neuralgische Neuropathien--komplexe Pathogenese und Therapie. Trigeminusneuralgie--neuralgische Schulteramyotrophie--postherpetische Neuralgie.