A case of sympathetically mediated headache treated with stellate ganglion blockade

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1294-1298

  Chan, Chin Wern ^a   Chalkiadis, George A ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Posttraumatic headache; Stellate ganglion blockade; Sympathetically mediated pain

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EYE INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STELLATE GANGLION;

CHILD; EYE INJURIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; STELLATE GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 79952117947     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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