Chronic (neuropathic) corneal pain and blepharospasm: Five case reports

Pain

Volumn 152, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2427-2431

  Borsook, David ^a   Rosenthal, Perry ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Boston Foundation for Sight   (United States)

Author keywords

Blepharospasm; Confocal; Cornea; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLEPHAROSPASM; BURNING SENSATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; CORNEAL PAIN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRY EYE; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE PLEXUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; BLEPHAROSPASM; CHRONIC PAIN; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA;

EID: 80053204195     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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