Glossopharyngeal neuralgia as onset of multiple sclerosis

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 737-739

  Carrieri, Pietro Biagio ^a   Montella, Silvana ^a   Petracca, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Demyelinization; Ephaptic transmission; Facial pain; Glossopharyngeal neuralgia; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BETA1A INTERFERON; CARBAMAZEPINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NIFEDIPINE; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANALGESIA; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NEURALGIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 70349677306     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181af133b     Document Type: Article

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