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Headache and botulinum toxin

The Journal of Headache and Pain volume 6, pages325–327(2005)Cite this article

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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.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Headache Center, Policlinico San Marco, Corso Europa 7, Bergamo-Zingonia, Italy

    M. Porta & M. Camerlingo

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  1. M. Porta
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Correspondence to M. Porta.

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Porta, M., Camerlingo, M. Headache and botulinum toxin. J Headache Pain 6, 325–327 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10194-005-0222-x

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Key words

  • Migraine
  • Tension type
  • Botulinum toxin

The Journal of Headache and Pain

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