Trigeminal neuralgia

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zakrzewska, Joanna M ^a   Linskey, Mark E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CARBAMAZEPINE; ELECTROLYTE; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; ROPIVACAINE; VITAMIN D;

ANALGESIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE METABOLISM; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LACUNAR STROKE; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROIMAGING; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMISSION; REVIEW; SUPPORT GROUP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS;

EID: 84896706982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g474     Document Type: Review

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