Neurovascular compression of the greater occipital nerve: Implications for migraine headaches

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1996-2001

  Janis, Jeffrey E ^a,b   Hatef, Daniel A ^a,b   Reece, Edward M ^a,b   McCluskey, Paul D ^a,b   Schaub, Timothy A ^a,b   Guyuron, Bahman ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SCALP; SPINAL NERVE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NECK MUSCLES; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; REFERENCE VALUES; SCALP; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 78650073784     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181ef8c6b     Document Type: Article

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