Association between neurovascular contact and clinical characteristics in classical trigeminal neuralgia: A prospective clinical study using 3.0 Tesla MRI

Cephalalgia

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1077-1084

  Maarbjerg, Stine ^a   Wolfram, Frauke ^a   Gozalov, Aydin ^a   Olesen, Jes ^a   Bendtsen, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

clinical characteristics; etiology; neurovascular contact; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 84938251854     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102414566819     Document Type: Article

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