Greater occipital nerve blockade in cervicogenic headache

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 720-725

  Vincent, Maurice B ^a,b   Luna, Renato A ^a   Scandiuzzi, Denise ^a   Novis, Sérgio A P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic blockade; Bupivacaine; Cervicogenic headache; Greater occipital nerve

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NECK; NERVE BLOCK; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; NERVE BLOCK; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032248558     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X1998000500004     Document Type: Article

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