Sympathetic Activity-Mediated Neuropathic Facial Pain Following Simple Tooth Extraction: A Case Report

Cranio - Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-138

  Kohjitani, Atsushi ^a,b,c   Miyawaki, Takuya ^a,d   Kasuya, Keigo ^a,e   Shimada, Masahiko ^a,b,f  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^f OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLAR TOOTH; NERVE BLOCK; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; STELLATE GANGLION; TOOTH EXTRACTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

AGED; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLAR, THIRD; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARESTHESIA; STELLATE GANGLION; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 0036549320     PISSN: 08869634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08869634.2002.11746203     Document Type: Article

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