- HEADACHE: THERAPEURIC CHOICES
- Open Access
Headache and botulinum toxin
- M. Porta1Email author and
- M. Camerlingo1
The Journal of Headache and Pain20056:222
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10194-005-0222-x
© Springer-Verlag Italia 2005
- Published: 20 July 2005
Abstract
The authors discuss clinical and international experience about botulinum toxins (BTX types A and B) in headache treatment. Data from literature suggest good results for the treatment of tensiontype headache, migraine and chronic tension–type headache. In the present paper mechanisms of action and injection sites will also be discussed.
Key words
- Migraine
- Tension type
- Botulinum toxin
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