Greater occipital neuralgia and arthrosis of C1-2 lateral joint

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 573-574

  Tancredi, A ^a,b   Caputi, F ^a  

^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Neurochirurgia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arthrosis; Occipital neuralgia; Pain; Spine

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCIPITAL BONE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JOINT DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4043175530     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2004.00875.x     Document Type: Letter

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