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Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod
; 100(5): 527-38, 2005 Nov.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16243236
RESUMO
Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) is a well recognized syndrome characterized by lancinating attacks of severe facial pain. The diagnosis of TN is based on a history of characteristic pain attacks that are consistent with specific widely accepted criteria for the diagnosis. TN pain attacks may result from physiologic changes induced by a chronic partial injury to the brainstem trigeminal nerve root from a variety of causes. An early and accurate diagnosis of TN is important, because therapeutic interventions can reduce or eliminate pain attacks in the large majority of TN patients.
Assuntos
Neuralgia do Trigêmeo/diagnóstico , Neuralgia do Trigêmeo/terapia , Animais , Anticonvulsivantes/uso terapêutico , Descompressão Cirúrgica , História do Século XVII , História do Século XVIII , História Antiga , História Medieval , Humanos , Bloqueio Nervoso , Técnicas Estereotáxicas , Neuralgia do Trigêmeo/classificação , Neuralgia do Trigêmeo/história
2.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod
; 97(5): 544; author reply 544-5, 2004 May.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15179940