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This chapter focuses on the classification, presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of common and less common headache types, such as migraines, trigeminal autonomic cephalgias, and secondary causes of headaches.
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Kung, D., Nguyen, T., Das, R. (2019). Headache. In: Absolute Case-Based Neurology Review. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11132-8_2
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