Medication overuse headache: A silent pandemic

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-8

  Davies, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ERGOT DERIVATIVE; ERGOTAMINE; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION HEADACHE;

EID: 84155170712     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.10.021     Document Type: Editorial

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