Chronic Orofacial Pain: Burning Mouth Syndrome and Other Neuropathic Disorders
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Chronic Orofacial Pain: Burning Mouth Syndrome and Other Neuropathic Disorders.
Chronic orofacial pain is a symptom associated with a wide range of neuropathic, neurovascular, idiopathic, and myofascial conditions that affect a significant proportion of the population. While the collective impact of the subset of the orofacial pain disorders involving neurogenic and idiopathic mechanisms is substantial, some of these are relatively uncommon. Hence, patients with these diso...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pain Management & Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2684-1320
DOI: 10.35248/2684-1320.17.3.120