Natural history and outcome of 200 outpatients with classical trigeminal neuralgia treated with carbamazepine or oxcarbazepine in a tertiary centre for neuropathic pain

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Di Stefano, Giulia ^a   La Cesa, Silvia ^a   Truini, Andrea ^a   Cruccu, Giorgio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Classic trigeminal neuralgia; Natural history; Oxcarbazepine; Tolerability

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBAMAZEPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CARBAMAZEPINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 84908089996     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1129-2377-15-34     Document Type: Article

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