The neuralgias: Diagnosis and management

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Gadient, Paul M ^a   Smith, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auriculotemporal neuralgia; Cranial neuralgia; Glossopharyngeal neuralgia; Nervus intermedius neuralgia; Neuralgia; Occipital neuralgia; Postherpetic neuralgia; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMITRIPTYLINE; BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BUPIVACAINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; GABAPENTIN; INDOMETACIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MELATONIN; NIFEDIPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; PIMOZIDE; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; PROXYMETACAINE; TOPIRAMATE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALACICLOVIR; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AURICULOTEMPORAL NEURALGIA; BLEEDING; BLURRED VISION; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONFUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ECCHYMOSIS; EUPHORIA; FATIGUE; FREY SYNDROME; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GLAUCOMA; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NEURALGIA; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOMA; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFRAORBITAL NEURALGIA; LACRIMAL NEURALGIA; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NAUSEA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEURALGIA; NEURECTOMY; NEUROTOXICITY; ORBIT DISEASE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PAIN; PERIORBITAL HEMATOMA; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RASH; RHINITIS; RHIZOTOMY; SEIZURE; SOMNOLENCE; STABBING HEADACHE; SUNCT SYNDROME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA; ANALGESIA; HEADACHE DISORDERS; PROCEDURES;

ANALGESICS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84901311873     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: 15346293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-014-0459-3     Document Type: Article

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