Refractory trigeminal neuralgia: Non-surgical treatment options

CNS Drugs

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-96

  Cruccu, Giorgio ^a   Truini, Andrea ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; BUPIVACAINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PARACETAMOL; PIMOZIDE; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT PLANNING; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 84876896151     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: 11791934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40263-012-0023-0     Document Type: Article

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