Cervicogenic headache in patients with presumed migraine: Missed diagnosis or misdiagnosis?

Journal of Pain

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 700-703

  Yi, Xiaobin ^a,b   Cook, Andrew J ^a   Hamill Ruth, Robin J ^a   Rowlingson, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervicogenic; Diagnosis; Headache; Migraine; Occipital nerve block; Occipital neuralgia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; GABAPENTIN; LIDOCAINE; SUMATRIPTAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MIGRAINE; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; PATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CERVICAL PLEXUS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NECK MUSCLES; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; POST-TRAUMATIC HEADACHE; SPINAL NERVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25844522759     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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