The global burden of headache: a documentation of headache prevalence and disability worldwide.

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Published in Cephalalgia on March 01, 2007

Authors

Lj Stovner1, K Hagen, R Jensen, Z Katsarava, Rb Lipton, Ai Scher, Tj Steiner, J-A Zwart

Author Affiliations

1: Norwegian National Headache Centre, Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. lars.stovner@ntnu.no

Associated clinical trials:

Evidence-Based Osteopathy for Tension-Type Headache (EBOTTH) (EBOTTH) | NCT02592850

The Effect of Intravenous Fluid Therapy in Acute Migraine Attacks | NCT04287140

My Healthy Diary - An Electronic Diary for Remote Migraine Monitoring (E-Migra) | NCT04828941

Manual Techniques in Cervicogenic Headache | NCT04954716

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