A possible case of complex regional pain syndrome in the orofacial region

Pain Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 274-280

  Sakamoto, Eiji ^a   Shiiba, Shunji ^b   Noma, Noboru ^c   Okada Ogawa, Akiko ^c   Shinozaki, Takahiro ^c   Kobayashi, Azusa ^c   Kamo, Hiroshi ^c   Koike, Kazuyoshi ^c   Imamura, Yoshiki ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Causalgia; Complex regional pain syndrome; Neuropathic pain; Sympathetically maintained pain; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPRAZOLAM; AMITRIPTYLINE; BACLOFEN; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; JUVELLA N; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; LOXOPROFEN; MEXILETINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE SULFATE; PHENTOLAMINE; THIOPENTAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE II; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FACE PAIN; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; HYPESTHESIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOUTH PAIN; MOUTH ULCER; NERVE BLOCK; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TONGUE DISEASE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 75249087908     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00777.x     Document Type: Article

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