Electrical stimulation decreases neuralgic pain after trigeminal deafferentation

Cephalalgia

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 782-785

  Drummond, P D ^a   Treleaven Hassard, S ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEAFFERENTATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEURALGIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; CAUSALGIA; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 44849128922     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01575.x     Document Type: Article

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