Trigeminal neuralgia and pain related to multiple sclerosis

Pain

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 186-191

  Cruccu, G ^a   Biasiotta, A ^a   Di Rezze, S ^a   Fiorelli, M ^a   Galeotti, F ^a   Innocenti, P ^b   Mameli, S ^c   Millefiorini, E ^a   Truini, A ^a,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Colleferro   (Italy)

^c Ospedale di Cagliari   (Italy)

^d IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Trigeminal neuralgia; Trigeminal pain; Trigeminal reflexes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN MAPPING; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHIZOTOMY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449178130     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.12.026     Document Type: Article

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