Botulinum toxin occipital nerve block for the treatment of severe occipital neuralgia: A case series

Pain Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 337-340

  Kapural, Leonardo ^a   Stillman, Mark ^a   Kapural, Miranda ^a   Mcintyre, Patrick ^a   Guirgius, Maged ^a   Mekhail, Nagy ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

BoNT ABotox ; Botulinum toxin type A; Headache; Occipital neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BUPIVACAINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CERVICAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; POST-TRAUMATIC HEADACHE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 36348972332     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2007.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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