Facial pain: An update

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-130

  Zakrzewska, Joanna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burning mouth syndrome; Facial pain; Temporomandibular disorders; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACE PAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL PAIN; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 67651213814     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e32832b7d75     Document Type: Article

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