Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias: Beyond the Conventional Treatments
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Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias: Beyond the Conventional Treatments
The trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias include cluster headache, paroxysmal hemicrania, short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks, and hemicrania continua. While the majority responds to conventional pharmacological treatments, a small but significant proportion of patients are intractable to these treatments. In these cases, alternative choices for these patients include oral and i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Pain and Headache Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1531-3433,1534-3081
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-014-0438-z