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Microvascular Decompression for a Patient with a Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia: A Technical Note
The glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN) constitutes approximately 0.2-1.3% of all facial pain syndromes. The GPN is a syndrome of neuropathic pain characterized by paroxysmal pain episodes localized in the posterior tongue, tonsil, throat, or external ear canal. The first-line treatment is pharmacologi...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5606712/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28948114 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1494 |