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Analysis of NOS Gene Polymorphisms in Relation to Cluster Headache and Predisposing Factors in Sweden

Brain Sciences, 2020
Cluster headache is characterized by activation of the autonomic-trigeminal reflex. Nitric oxide can trigger headaches in patients, and nitric oxide signaling is known to be affected in cluster headache.
Caroline Ran, Julia M. Michalska, Carmen Fourier, Christina Sjöstrand, Elisabet Waldenlind, Anna Steinberg, Andrea C. Belin   +6 more
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Occipital nerve stimulation for headache disorders [PDF]

, 2010
Occipital nerve stimulation (ONS) was originally described in the treatment of occipital neuralgia. However, the spectrum of possible indications has expanded in recent years to include primary headache disorders, such as migraine and cluster headaches ...
Bartsch, Thorsten, Paemeleire, Koen
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Current treatment options for cluster headache: limitations and the unmet need for better and specific treatments—a consensus article

The Journal of Headache and Pain, 2023
Aim Treatment for cluster headache is currently based on a trial-and-error approach. The available preventive treatment is unspecific and based on few and small studies not adhering to modern standards.
Nunu Laura Timotheussen Lund, Anja Sofie Petersen, Rolf Fronczek, Jacob Tfelt-Hansen, Andrea Carmine Belin, Tore Meisingset, Erling Tronvik, Anna Steinberg, Charly Gaul, Rigmor Højland Jensen   +9 more
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The prevalence of primary headache disorders in Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the epidemiology of primary headache disorders in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains very limited. We performed a population-based survey in rural and urban areas of Ethiopia, using methods similar to those of an earlier study in ...
Steiner, TJ, Tekle-Haimanot, R, Thomas, H, Worku, DK, Zebenigus, M   +4 more
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Pharmacotherapy for Cluster Headache [PDF]

CNS Drugs, 2020
Cluster headache is characterised by attacks of excruciating unilateral headache or facial pain lasting 15 min to 3 h and is seen as one of the most intense forms of pain. Cluster headache attacks are accompanied by ipsilateral autonomic symptoms such as ptosis, miosis, redness or flushing of the face, nasal congestion, rhinorrhoea, peri-orbital ...
Brandt, R.B., Doesborg, P.G.G., Haan, J., Ferrari, M.D., Fronczek, R.   +4 more
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Efficacy of modified atkins ketogenic diet in chronic cluster headache. An open-label, single-arm, clinical trial [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction: Drug-resistant cluster headache (CH) is still an open clinical challenge. Recently, our group observed the clinical efficacy of a ketogenic diet (KD), usually adopted to treat drug-resistant epilepsies, on migraine.
Cherubino Di Lorenzo, Davide Di Lenola, Francesco Pierelli, Francesco Pierelli, Gianluca Coppola, Giorgio Di Lorenzo, Giulio Sirianni, Mariano Serrao, Maurizio Evangelista, Paolo Rossi   +9 more
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Male and female sex hormones in primary headaches [PDF]

, 2018
Background: The three primary headaches, tension-type headache, migraine and cluster headache, occur in both genders, but all seem to have a sex-specific prevalence.
Alberto Terrin, Andrea Negro, Bianca Raffaelli, Dimos D. Mitsikostas, on behalf of the European Headache Federation School of Advanced Studies (EHF-SAS), Raffaele Ornello, Sabrina Khan, Tatiana A. Ivanova, Uwe Reuter, Zoë Delaruelle   +9 more
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Optimal deep brain stimulation site and target connectivity for chronic cluster headache [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the mechanism of action of deep brain stimulation for refractory chronic cluster headache and the optimal target within the ventral tegmental area.
Akram, H, Ashburner, J, Behrens, T, Hariz, M, Lagrata, S, Matharu, M, Miller, S, Zrinzo, L   +7 more
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Using natural language processing to automatically classify written self-reported narratives by patients with migraine or cluster headache

The Journal of Headache and Pain, 2022
Background Headache medicine is largely based on detailed history taking by physicians analysing patients’ descriptions of headache. Natural language processing (NLP) structures and processes linguistic data into quantifiable units.
Nicolas Vandenbussche, Cynthia Van Hee, Véronique Hoste, Koen Paemeleire   +3 more
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Use of Prescribed and Non-Prescribed Treatments for Cluster Headache in a Swedish Cohort

Brain Sciences
Background: Cluster headache (CH) is a debilitating condition, but current therapies leave CH patients in pain. The extent of this problem in Sweden is unknown.
Gabriella Smedfors, Felicia Jennysdotter Olofsgård, Anna Steinberg, Elisabet Waldenlind, Caroline Ran, Andrea Carmine Belin   +5 more
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