Headache and Facial Pain

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Thieme, 1999 - 292 pages
Divided into four parts, the classification criteria as well as etiologic factors and pathogenic mechanisms of headache and different types of facial pain are examined in the first part of the book. The second part deals with general problems concerning diagnosis and choice of treatment. The last two parts analyze the individual pathologies at the root of headache (part three) and facial pain (part four): A wide variety of classic and difficult clinical cases are presented. The book can therefore be regarded as a study and consultation manual for neurologists, headache specialists, algologists, anaesthetists, dentists, internists, general practitioners, and all those interested in the problem of headache and facial pain.
 

Contents

Taxonomy of Headache and Facial Pain
2
ences
31
Critical Revisions and Validation Studies
73
References
89
Physiology
95
Muscle Hyperactivity and Parafunction
101
Head Neck and Shoulder Posture Disorders
107
Patient Examination
114
Instrumental Analysis
123
References
134
133
154
134
286
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