Occipital nerve block rapidly eliminates allodynia far from the site of headache: A case report

Cephalalgia

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 906-907

  Young, William B ^a   Mateos, V ^b   Ashkenazi, A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DERMATOME; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; OCCIPITAL BONE; OCCIPITAL NERVE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 4844222654     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2004.00779.x     Document Type: Article

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