Patrick Mertens

11.5k citations
170 papers · 5.8k indexed · h-index 41
    • Pain Management and Treatment 20
  • Neurology top 0.5%
    • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders 48
    • Neurological disorders and treatments 39
    • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies 27
    • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments 25
  • Neurology top 0.2%
    • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders 48
    • Neurological disorders and treatments 39
    • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies 27
    • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments 25
  • Physiology top 1%
    • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments 36
    • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders 21
    • Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments 18

Patrick Mertens

165 papers receiving 5.7k citations

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Patrick Mertens
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  • Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1.3k
  • Neurology 1.5k
  • Neurology 2.7k
  • Physiology 1.8k
  • Psychiatry and Mental health 919
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All Works

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Décompression vasculaire microchirurgicale pour névralgie du trijumeau. Comparaison de deux modalités techniques et déductions physiopathologiques. Etude sur 120 cas.
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About Patrick Mertens

Patrick Mertens is a scholar working on Neurology, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Neurology, having authored 170 papers that have together received 5.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (48 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (39 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (36 papers), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (27 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (25 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (21 papers), Pain Management and Treatment (20 papers) and Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (1.3k citations), Neurology (1.5k citations) and Neurology (2.7k citations). Patrick Mertens has collaborated with scholars based in France, United States and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include M. Sindou, Luís García‐Larrea, Roland Peyron, François Mauguı̀ere, Bernard Laurent, Stéphane Thobois, B. Laurent, Marc Guénot, Joseph Maarrawi and Nicolas Costes. Their work appears in journals such as Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurology, Pain, Acta Neurochirurgica and Neurosurgery.

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