Distinguishing primary headache disorders from cervicogenic headache: Clinical and therapeutic implications

Headache Currents

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 27-36

  Bogduk, Nikolai ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Cervicogenic; Headache

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MICROSURGERY; MIGRAINE; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROLYSIS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; X RAY FILM;

EID: 28244485438     PISSN: 17435005     EISSN: 17435013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-5013.2005.20204.x     Document Type: Review

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