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Pathogenesis of Vascular Headaches

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To the clinician treating primary headache disorders, appreciation of pathophysiologic mechanisms is not less important than his recognition of diagnostic characteristics. Indeed, both aspects are prerequisites to successful management of chronic or recurrent headache patients. Thus, although the major thrust of this presentation concerns the mechanisms of vascular headaches, a clinical review of all primary headache disorders is included.

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  1. California Medical Clinic for Headache, Encino, California, USA

    Lee Kudrow (Director)

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  1. Sepulveda Veterans Administration Hospital, The School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

    William H. Rickles

  2. Sandweiss Biofeedback Institute, Beverly Hills, California, USA

    Jack H. Sandweiss

  3. Biofeedback Institute of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA

    David W. Jacobs

  4. United States International University, San Diego, California, USA

    Robert N. Grove

  5. Sonoma State University, Rohnert, California, USA

    Eleanor Criswell

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Kudrow, L. (1983). Pathogenesis of Vascular Headaches. In: Rickles, W.H., Sandweiss, J.H., Jacobs, D.W., Grove, R.N., Criswell, E. (eds) Biofeedback and Family Practice Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1173-7_4

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