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Greater occipital nerve blockade in cluster headache: effectiveness and safety of a combined injection protocol

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  1. Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences of Bologna, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Mascarella Davide, Urbinati Giacomo, Asioli Gian Maria, Matteo Eleonora & Pierangeli Giulia

  2. IRCCS Istituto Delle Scienze Neurologiche Di Bologna, Bellaria Hospital, Via Altura 3, 40139, Bologna, Italy

    Favoni Valentina, Pierangeli Giulia & Cevoli Sabina

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Davide, M., Giacomo, U., Maria, A.G. et al. Greater occipital nerve blockade in cluster headache: effectiveness and safety of a combined injection protocol. Neurol Sci 43, 5777–5778 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-022-06198-2

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