Tolosa-Hunt syndrome: Critical literature review based on IHS 2004 criteria

Cephalalgia

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 772-781

  La Mantia, L ^a   Curone, M ^a   Rapoport, A M ^b   Bussone, G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

IHS criteria; Painful ophthalmoplegia; Tolosa Hunt syndrome

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; REVIEW; TOLOSA HUNT SYNDROME;

CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERNATIONALITY; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVALENCE; TOLOSA-HUNT SYNDROME;

EID: 33745106018     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2006.01115.x     Document Type: Review

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