The treatment of periocular and facial pain with topical capsaicin

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-20

  Lincoff, Norah S ^a   Rath, Pamela P ^a   Hirano, Michio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Facial pain; Periorbital pain; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006527973     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: 15365166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041327-199803000-00004     Document Type: Article

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