Conservative therapy and its problems in idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia.
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Trigeminal neuralgia and persistent idiopathic facial pain.
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) and persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP) are two of the most puzzling orofacial pain conditions and affected patients are often very difficult to treat. TN is characterized by paroxysms of brief but severe pain followed by asymptomatic periods without pain. In some patients a constant dull background pain may persist. This constant dull pain sometimes makes the dis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
سال: 1998
ISSN: 2186-1579,0021-5163
DOI: 10.5794/jjoms.44.190