Chronic Craniofacial Pain from Entrapment of the Greater Occipital Nerve Misdiagnosed as Chronic Migraine, Idiopathic Odontalgia, and Atypical Facial Pain
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Nerve
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2465-891X
DOI: 10.21129/nerve.2019.5.2.78