Mechanosensory and thermosensory changes across the border of impaired sensitivity to pinprick after mandibular nerve injury

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1250-1266

  Essick, Greg K ^a   Patel, Sunil ^b   Trulsson, Mats ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE INJURY; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PRICK TEST; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY RECEPTOR; STATISTICS; THERMORECEPTOR;

EID: 0036844450     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/joms.2002.35721     Document Type: Article

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