Bioresonance hypothesis: A new mechanism on the pathogenesis of trigeminal neuralgia

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 505-507

  Jia, De ze ^a,b   Li, Gang ^a,b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; COMPRESSION; FACE PAIN; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROVASCULAR COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; OXIDATION; PATHOGENESIS; RHIZOTOMY; THERMOCOAGULATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VIBRATION; VIBRATION DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; VIBRATION;

EID: 77649270025     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.09.056     Document Type: Article

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