Cluster Headache: Mechanisms and Management
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Mechanisms and management of headache.
Headache is the commonest of human maladies, and many books have been devoted to the subject1–3. In this article, the mechanisms of primary headache and its treatment will be considered. Most developments have been in primary headache (Table 1), in particular migraine, so this will be the main focus. Recent reviews of migraine diagnosis5 and management6,7 are available. Diagnostic issues are be...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.65.12.872