Stereotactic radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia in a 109-year-old woman

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1586-1587

  Rolland, Yves M ^a,b   Hermabessière, Sophie ^a,b   Abellan, Gabor ^a,b   Nourhashemi, Fati ^a,b   Bousquet, Philippe ^c   Lazorthes, Yves ^c   Vellas, Bruno ^b  

^a Serv Univ Psychiat l'Enfant l'A   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; OXCARBAZEPINE; PREGABALIN;

AGED; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RADIOSURGERY; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 51249098515     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01793.x     Document Type: Letter

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