Botulinum toxin type-A (BOTOX®) in the treatment of occipital neuralgia: A pilot study

Headache

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1476-1481

  Taylor, Martin ^a,b   Silva, Sachin ^b   Cottrell, Constance ^c  

^a OrthoNeuro Neurology ^*  (United States)

^b OrthoNeuro   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Botox; Botulinum toxin; Headache; Occipital neuralgia

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEURALGIA; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARESTHESIA; PARIETAL LOBE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NEURALGIA; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; OCCIPITAL BONE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCALP; SPINAL NERVES; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56549097671     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01089.x     Document Type: Article

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