Effect of botulinum toxin a injections in the treatment of chronic tension-type headache: A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Headache

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 658-664

  Schmitt, Wolfgang J ^a   Slowey, Eva ^a   Fravi, Nina ^a   Weber, Sabine ^a   Burgunder, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Chronic tension type headache; Placebo controlled study

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; INJECTION SITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCLE TONE; NOCICEPTION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENSION HEADACHE;

ADULT; AGED; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 0034883733     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2001.041007658.x     Document Type: Article

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