Deep brain stimulation for intractable chronic cluster headache: Proposals for patient selection

Cephalalgia

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 934-937

  Leone, Massimo ^a   May, A ^d   Franzini, A ^b   Broggi, G ^b   Dodick, D ^e   Rapoport, A ^f   Goadsby, P J ^g   Schoenen, J ^h   Bonavita, V ^c   Bussone, G ^a  

^a Headache Centre   (Italy)

^b University of Napoli ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR HEADACHE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cluster headache; Deep brain stimulation; Hypothalamus; Surgery; Therapy

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VERAPAMIL;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLUSTER HEADACHE; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 3042787311     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2004.00742.x     Document Type: Article

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