Typical trigeminal neuralgia associated with brainstem white matter lesions on MRI in patients without criteria of multiple sclerosis

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 150, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1157-1161

  Arrese, Ignacio ^a   Lagares, Alfonso ^a   Alday, Rafael ^a   Ramos, Ana ^a   Rivas, Juan J ^a   Lobato, Ramiro D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brainstem lesions; Cerebral infarction; Magnetic resonance; Multiple sclerosis; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CAUSALITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 55949130558     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-008-0024-4     Document Type: Article

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