Burning mouth syndrome: Will better understanding yield better management?

Pain Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-162

  Maltsman tseikhin, Alexander ^a   Moricca, Paolo ^b   Niv, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burning mouth syndrome; Oral dysesthesia; Stomatodynia

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CAPSAICIN; CAPTOPRIL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOXEPIN; DULOXETINE; ENALAPRIL; ESTROGEN; GABAPENTIN; LISINOPRIL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PILOCARPINE; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; THIAMINE; THIOCTIC ACID; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BLURRED VISION; BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; CONTACT ALLERGY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENTURE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MOUTH FLORA; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH INFECTION; MOUTH PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PATCH TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION; XEROSTOMIA;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME; HUMANS; MEXILETINE; THIOPHENES;

EID: 34250196087     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2007.00124.x     Document Type: Review

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