ArticleFrontiers in immunology2020
Cytokine Levels in Neural Pain in Leprosy.
Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Pooled it
- Saikosaponin D Attenuates Postherpetic Neuralgia and Reduces Inflammation by Regulating Gut Microbiota in a Rodent Model.Biochemical genetics · 2026Article
- Assessment for Diabetic Neuropathy: Treatment and Neurobiological Perspective.Current diabetes reviews · 2025Review
- Gene expression profiling in pure neural leprosy: insights into pathogenesis and diagnostic biomarkers.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Update on Biomarkers of Chronic Inflammatory Processes Underlying Diabetic Neuropathy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Anxiety, depression, and memory loss in Chagas disease: a puzzle far beyond neuroinflammation to be unpicked and solved.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2023Article
- Cytokines profile in pure neural leprosy.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Article
- Gene Expression Profile ofFrontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Kynurenines in the Pathogenesis of Peripheral Neuropathy During Leprosy and COVID-19.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022Review
- Leprosy Reactions and Neuropathic Pain in Pure Neural Leprosy in a Reference Center in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Observational
- Dramatic secukinumab-mediated improvements in refractory leprosy-related neuritis via the modulation of T helper 1 (Th1) and T helper 17 (Th17) immune pathways.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2021Article
- The red flags of ulnar neuropathy in leprosy.PloS one · 2021Observational
- Severe Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated With Increased Expression of Inflammatory Cytokines in Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
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Abstract
Pain is a frequent symptom in leprosy patients. It may be predominantly nociceptive, as in neuritis, or neuropathic, due to injury or nerve dysfunction. The differential diagnosis of these two forms of pain is a challenge in clinical practice, especially because it is quite common for a patient to suffer from both types of pain. A better understanding of cytokine profile may serve as a tool in assessing patients and also help to comprehend pathophysiology of leprosy pain. Patients with leprosy and neural pain (
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