New insight into trigeminal neuralgia

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 237-239

  Truini, Andrea ^a   Galeotti, Francesca ^a   Cruccu, Giorgio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pain mechanisms; Trigeminal nerve; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACE PAIN; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 25144465982     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-005-0195-9     Document Type: Article

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