Occipital nerve stimulation for intractable chronic cluster headache: New hope for a dreadful disease?

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-21

  Magis, Delphine ^a   Schoenen, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronic; Cluster headache; Drug resistant; Neurostimulation; Occipital nerve stimulation; Pathophysiology; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHRONIC CLUSTER HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE CHRONIC CLUSTER HEADACHE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OCCIPITAL NERVE STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CLUSTER HEADACHE; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955851435     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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