Occipital nerve stimulation for intractable cluster headache

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9567, 2007, Pages 1063-1065

  Ambrosini, Anna ^a  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CARBONATE; VERAPAMIL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE STIMULATION; OCCIPITAL NERVE; ORBIT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947593810     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60377-8     Document Type: Note

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