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ArticleNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2013

Refractory migraine: the role of the physician in assessment and treatment of a problematic disease.

Bruno Colombo, Dacia Dalla Libera, Gloria Dalla Costa, Giancarlo Comi

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Article in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Bruno ColomboDepartment of Neurology, Headache Center and Institute of Experimental Neurology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Vita-Salute University, Via Olgettina 48, 20100 Milan, Italy. colombo.bruno@hsr.it
Dacia Dalla Libera
Gloria Dalla Costa
Giancarlo Comi

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients affected by chronic forms of headache are often very difficult to treat. Refractory patients are so defined when adequate trials of specific drugs (for acute or prophylactic treatment) failed both to reduce the burden of disease and to improve headache-related quality of life. An escalating approach is suggested to test different kinds of therapies. All comorbid factors should be addressed. More invasive modalities (such as neurostimulation) or promising approaches such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) could be a future major step as third line therapies.

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HumansIntractable PainMigraine DisordersPhysiciansSeverity of Illness Index

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