Stimulation of occipital nerve for drug-resistant chronic cluster headache

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 289-291

  Leone, Massimo ^a   Franzini, Angelo ^a   Cecchini, Alberto Proietti ^a   Broggi, Giovanni ^a   Bussone, Gennaro ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHRONIC CLUSTER HEADACHE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; GANGLION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LETTER; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CLUSTER HEADACHE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN THRESHOLD; SPINAL NERVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 33847671387     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70061-3     Document Type: Letter

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