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Special Headache Topics

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In this chapter, the following six headache topics are discussed: (1) treatment of headache after age 50, (2) post-traumatic headache, (3) occipital nerve injections for neuralgia and unilateral headache syndromes, (4) indomethacin responsive unilateral headaches (chronic paroxysmal hemicrania and hemicrania continua), (5) exertional and sexual headache, and (6) lumbar puncture headache.

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  1. Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, USA

    Lawrence D. Robbins M.D. (Assistant Professor of Neurology, Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology, Director)

  2. University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA

    Lawrence D. Robbins M.D. (Assistant Professor of Neurology, Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology, Director)

  3. Robbins Headache Clinic, Northbrook, IL, USA

    Lawrence D. Robbins M.D. (Assistant Professor of Neurology, Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology, Director)

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Robbins, L.D. (1994). Special Headache Topics. In: Management of Headache and Headache Medications. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0195-0_13

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