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Phenotype of patients responsive to occipital nerve stimulation for refractory head pain.
Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache - 1 Jun 2010
Paemeleire K, Van Buyten J-P, Van Buynder M, Alicino D, Van Maele G, Smet I, Goadsby P J
Abstract excerpt
Occipital nerve stimulation (ONS) has been employed off-label for medically refractory head pain. Identification of specific headache diagnoses responding to this modality of treatment is required. Forty-four patients with medically refractory head pain and treated with ONS were invited to participate in a retrospective study including a clinical interview and, if necessary, an indomethacin test to establish the...
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