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Headache is the most common neurological complaint worldwide. There are over 300 different types and causes of headache, including teeth pain, frontal sinusitis, vision problems (e.g., myopia), hypertension, oti-tis media, intracranial tumors, and much more.
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Al-Tubaikh, J.A. (2010). Headache. In: Al-Tubaikh, J.A. (eds) Internal Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03709-2_12
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