Ultrastructural findings of idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia

Pain Clinic

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-344

  Ma, Zhaoxin ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Qi, Ling ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Trigeminal nerve; Trigeminal neuralgia; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

LIPID; LIPOSOME; MYELIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DEMYELINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE ROOT; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; RHIZOTOMY; SCHWANN CELL; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 33845768856     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856906778704650     Document Type: Article

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