Trigeminal neuralgia: Diagnosis and treatment

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-85

  Cheshire Jr , William P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BACLOFEN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; PROXYMETACAINE; TIZANIDINE; TOPIRAMATE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ANALGESIA; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ASTHENIA; ATAXIA; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSARTHRIA; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; INNERVATION; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROSURGERY; NYSTAGMUS; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; UROLITHIASIS; VASCULARIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 16844371154     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-005-0003-6     Document Type: Review

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