Greater occipital nerve injection in primary headache syndromes - prolonged effects from a single injection

Pain

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 126-129

  Afridi, S K ^a   Shields, K G ^a   Bhola, R ^a   Goadsby, P J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cluster headache; Greater occipital nerve; Migraine

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRAINE; NERVE; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; LIDOCAINE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646024903     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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