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Schindler EAD, Burish MJ. Recent advances in the diagnosis and management of cluster headache. BMJ. 2022 Mar 16;376:e059577. Abstract
Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society (IHS). The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition. Cephalalgia. 2018 Jan;38(1):1-211.Full text Abstract
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Robbins MS, Starling AJ, Pringsheim TM, et al. Treatment of cluster headache: the American Headache Society evidence-based guidelines. Headache. 2016 Jul;56(7):1093-106.Full text Abstract
Law S, Derry S, Moore RA. Triptans for acute cluster headache. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Jul 17;(7):CD008042.Full text Abstract
May A, Evers S, Goadsby PJ, et al. European Academy of Neurology guidelines on the treatment of cluster headache. Eur J Neurol. 2023 Oct;30(10):2955-79.Full text Abstract
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