Anatomy of the auriculotemporal nerve: Variations in its relationship to the superficial temporal artery and implications for the treatment of migraine headaches

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1422-1428

  Janis, Jeffrey E ^a   Hatef, Daniel A ^b   Ducic, Ivica ^b   Ahmad, Jamil ^b   Wong, Corinne ^b   Hoxworth, Ronald E ^b   Osborn, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; EXTERNAL EAR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE; PAROTID GLAND; TEMPORAL ARTERY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; EAR, EXTERNAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PAROTID GLAND; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 77951785001     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181d4fb05     Document Type: Article

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