Peripheral nerve blocks: A therapeutic alternative for hemicrania continua

Cephalalgia

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 505-508

  Guerrero, Ángel L ^a   Herrero Velázquez, Sonia ^a   Peñas, María L ^a   Mulero, Patricia ^a   Pedraza, María Isabel ^a   Cortijo, Elisa ^a   Fernández, Rosa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hemicrania continua; indomethacin; occipital nerves; supraorbital nerve; trochlea

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; INDOMETACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMICRANIA CONTINUA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; PERIPHERAL NERVES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861832411     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102412439800     Document Type: Article

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