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The Pathophysiology of Headache

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Headache

Part of the book series: Clinical Medicine and the Nervous System ((CLIN.MED.NERV.))

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Abstract

We still know remarkably little about the pathogenesis of any of the forms of headache that do not have clear-cut structural abnormalities. Over the years a large number of investigators have studied the problem, but unfortunately their observations have tended to become submerged in an excess of speculation. Many of these “unifying hypotheses” are undoubtedly incorrect, and have only served to make matters unnecessarily complicated. In this account an attempt will be made to discuss objective pathophysiological facts, paying less attention to ideas not yet supported by clinical or experimental evidence.

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Peatfield, R. (1986). The Pathophysiology of Headache. In: Headache. Clinical Medicine and the Nervous System. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3127-4_9

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