Trigeminal neuralgia: Gamma radiosurgery may provide new options for treatment

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 565-566

  Maciewicz, Raymond ^a   Scrivani, Steven ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NOTE; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; PAIN; RADIOSURGERY; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0031093950     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.3.565     Document Type: Editorial

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