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Sample Cases (Treatment Response to GON Blocks in Chronic Migraine)

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Peripheral Interventional Management in Headache

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As discussed in our previous chapters, the efficacy of GON blocks for headaches is significant. Various studies suggest that GON block is effective for many headache disorders, and we would like to share some of our chronic migraine cases that responded to GON blocks in our experience in this chapter. We hope that this chapter will help you in your clinical practice.

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  1. Bozok University Medical School, Neurology Department, Ankara, Turkey

    Levent Ertuğrul Inan

  2. Ministry of Health Ankara Research and Training Hospital, Neurology and Algology Department, Ankara, Turkey

    Levent Ertuğrul Inan

  3. University of Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, Ankara, Turkey

    Ömer Karadaş

  4. Gulhane Training and Research Hospital, Department of Neurology, Ankara, Turkey

    Ömer Karadaş

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  1. School of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey

    Aynur Özge

  2. Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Neurology Department, Istanbul, Turkey

    Derya Uludüz

  3. Department of Neurology, Gulhane Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey

    Ömer Karadaş

  4. Medical Faculty, Gazi University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey

    Hayrunnisa Bolay

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Inan, L.E., Karadaş, Ö. (2019). Sample Cases (Treatment Response to GON Blocks in Chronic Migraine). In: Özge, A., Uludüz, D., Karadaş, Ö., Bolay, H. (eds) Peripheral Interventional Management in Headache. Headache. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10853-3_15

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