Intravenous fosphenytoin for acute exacerbation of trigeminal neuralgia: case report and literature review.

Ther Adv Neurol Disord

Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA and Department of Neurology, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.

Published: July 2015

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