Cervicogenic headache: Pathophysiology, diagnostic criteria and treatment

Agri

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 23-30

  Inan, Nurten ^a   Ateş, Yeşim ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervicogenic headache; Headache

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; INDOMETACIN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DRUG EFFECT; GANGLIONECTOMY; HEADACHE; HEMICRANIA CONTINUA; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; NECK PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 33645455219     PISSN: 13000012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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