Trigeminal trophic syndrome: Diagnosis and management difficulties

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Bhatti, Ahmad F ^a   Soggiu, Daniela ^a   Orlando, Antonio ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARBAMAZEPINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE ALA; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; PARESTHESIA; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ULCER; SYMPTOM; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE; TRIGEMINAL TROPHIC SYNDROME;

BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; NOSE DISEASES; PRURITUS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STROKE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES; ULCER;

EID: 38049056175     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000293759.03833.88     Document Type: Article

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