Abstract
The medical literature provides few opportunities for physicians to read and reflect on detailed, first-hand narratives of individual patient experiences. The author invited patients with cluster headache to respond in writing to a series of open-ended questions about their experience with the illness. The patient responses provide important information for physicians and others who seek a more complete understanding of cluster headache.
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Loder, E. Cluster headache from the patient’s point of view. Current Science Inc 9, 120–125 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-005-0049-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-005-0049-9