title: [Current therapy of neuropathic pain].
abstract: Lesions of the nervous systems often result in difficult to treat pain syndromes. Neuropathic pain has increasingly gained attention from clinicians as a result of a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms and the development of proven analgesic therapies. This article provides an update on the diagnosis and treatment of neuropathic pain.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122, Essen, Deutschland, maria.schaefers@uni-due.de.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schäfers
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Tölle
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000700:Analgesics / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D009420:Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D017288:Pain Threshold / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics