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Effect of lingual nerve block on burning mouth syndrome (stomatodynia): A randomized crossover trial

  • Christelle Grémeau-Richard

      Affiliations

    • Inserm U 929, Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • CHU, Clermont-Ferrand, Hôtel-Dieu, F-63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Inserm U 929, Université d’Auvergne, U.F.R. d’Odontologie, 11, Boulevard Charles-de-Gaulle, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France. Tel.: +33 4 73 17 73 11; fax: +33 4 73 17 73 89.
    • ,
  • Claude Dubray

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Pharmacologie Clinique, CHU, Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • CHU, Clermont-Ferrand, Hôtel-Dieu, F-63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • ,
  • Bruno Aublet-Cuvelier

      Affiliations

    • Département d’Information Médicale, CHU, Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • CHU, Clermont-Ferrand, Hôtel-Dieu, F-63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • ,
  • Sylvie Ughetto

      Affiliations

    • Département d’Information Médicale, CHU, Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • CHU, Clermont-Ferrand, Hôtel-Dieu, F-63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • ,
  • Alain Woda

      Affiliations

    • EA 3847, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université d’Auvergne, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • CHU, Clermont-Ferrand, Hôtel-Dieu, F-63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France

Received 11 February 2009 ,Revised 13 October 2009 ,Accepted 13 November 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00676-9

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.11.016

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