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Le cefalee: manuale teorico-pratico pp 89–97Cite as

Cefalea di tipo tensivo: cenni di fisiopatologia e la terapia

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I meccanismi fisiopatologici alla base della cefalea di tipo tensivo (CTT) sono solo in parte noti. Mentre precedenti definizioni, come cefalea muscolo-tensiva o cefalea psicogena, suggerivano l’intervento causale diretto della contrazione muscolare e/o di particolari stati psicologici, attualmente si ipotizza una genesi multifattoriale della CTT, basata sia su meccanismi periferici che centrali.

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Torelli, P., Manzoni, G.C. (2008). Cefalea di tipo tensivo: cenni di fisiopatologia e la terapia. In: Le cefalee: manuale teorico-pratico. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0754-3_9

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