Vertebral artery vascular loop in SUNCT and concomitant trigeminal neuralgia. Case report

Cephalalgia

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 554-557

  Zidverc Trajkovic, Jazna ^a,b   Mijajlovic, M ^a   Pavlovic, A M ^a   Jovanovic, Z ^a   Sternic, N ^a  

^a Institute of Neurology Clinical Centre of Serbia   (Yugoslavia)

^b Institute of Neurology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; GADOLINIUM; INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYELID REFLEX; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH DISEASE; SUNCT SYNDROME; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 21244483969     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2005.00888.x     Document Type: Article

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