Trigeminal neuralgia is caused by maxillary and mandibular nerve entrapment: greater incidence of right-sided facial symptoms is due to the foramen rotundum and foramen ovale being narrower on the right side of the cranium. [electronic resource]
- Medical hypotheses 2005
- 1179-82 p. digital
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
0306-9877
10.1016/j.mehy.2005.06.012 doi
Causality Clinical Trials as Topic Comorbidity Craniofacial Abnormalities--epidemiology Humans Mandibular Nerve Maxillary Nerve Nerve Compression Syndromes--epidemiology Prevalence Risk Assessment--methods Risk Factors Sex Distribution Skull--abnormalities Trigeminal Neuralgia--epidemiology