title: New insight into trigeminal neuralgia.
abstract: Trigeminal neuralgia is universally considered the neuropathic facial pain most and best known in medical practice. We propose a short review on trigeminal neuralgia reporting its main clinical aspects, unsolved problems and highlighting differential diagnosis between classical and symptomatic trigeminal neuralgia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, University La Sapienza, Viale dell'Università 30, I-00185, Rome, Italy. andrea.truini@uniroma1.it
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Truini
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Galeotti
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cruccu
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*