Trench Foot or Non-Freezing Cold Injury As a Painful Vaso-Neuropathy: Clinical and Skin Biopsy Assessments

Trench Foot or Non-Freezing Cold Injury As a Painful Vaso-Neuropathy: Clinical and Skin Biopsy Assessments

BackgroundTrench foot, or non-freezing cold injury (NFCI), results from cold exposure of sufficient severity and duration above freezing point, with consequent sensory and vascular abnormalities which may persist for years. Based on observations of Trench foot in World War II, the condition was desc...

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Main Authors: Praveen Anand, Rosario Privitera, Yiangos Yiangou, Philippe Donatien, Rolfe Birch, Peter Misra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
trench foot
non-freezing cold injury
neuropathy
pain
skin biopsy
nerve conduction study
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2017.00514/full

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