trigeminal neuralgia: a condition to be better understood
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Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Condition to Be Better Understood
I read the paper entitled “Trigeminal Neuralgia: Frequency of Occurrence in Different Nerve Branches”, published in your journal (1). The data presented confirms the findings of previous papers (2-4), as was also mentioned by the author. Such findings help the clinicians to diagnose the disease. However, some other points need to be mentioned; even though this study reports no case of bilateral...
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anesthesiology and pain medicineجلد ۱، شماره ۳، صفحات ۲۰۱-۲۰۲
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