Characteristics of headache in vertebral artery dissections
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Purpose: A vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is a rare disorder that can masquerade as musculoskeletal head and/or neck pain and requires an urgent medical referral. If the diagnosis missed or mismanaged it progress to stroke death. Headaches are one of main symptoms VAD precedes ischaemic signs. The aim this systematic review identify common features headaches ascertain if key characteristics aid differentiation from other less sinister causes headache with origin.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physiotherapy
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0031-9406', '1873-1465']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2021.10.176