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Diet and Nutrition in Neuropathic Pain and Headache
This special issue belongs to the section “Clinical Nutrition“.
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The overlap between nutrition and neurological diseases is evident. Specific diets might lead to neurological manifestations, worsen pre-existing neurological problems or protect from developing ones.
In this Special Issue, we welcome papers focusing on the links between diet and nutrition and neuropathic pain, as well as headache of any type. We welcome original papers, reviews and meta-analyses with a particular interest in the role of specific nutrients in the pathogenesis and the natural history of neuropathic pain and headaches of any type.
These include, but are not limited to the following:
- Pain and vitamin deficiencies
- Pain and vitamin excesses
- Gluten related pain
- Lactose related pain
- Vegan diet and pain
- Vegetarian diet and pain
- Headache and vitamin deficiencies
- Headache and vitamin excesses
- Gluten related headache
- Lactose related headache
- Vegan diet and headache
- Vegetarian diet and headache
Dr. Panagiotis Zis
Prof. Marios Hadjivassiliou
Dr. Dimos-Dimitrios Mitsikostas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Neuropathic pain
- Headache
- Nutrition
- Diet
- Vitamin deficiency
- Gluten sensitivity
- Coeliac disease
- Malabsorption
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