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Treatment of alterations in CSF dynamicsE Mea
Neurological Institute C Besta IRCCS Foundation, Milan, Italy
Neurol Sci 32:S117-20. 2011..The most relevant clinical features, the expected MRI findings, and the therapeutic options regarding both conditions are discussed...
Costs of hypothalamic stimulation in chronic drug-resistant cluster headache: preliminary dataM Leone
Headache Centre, National Neurological Institute C Besta, Via Celoria 11, 20133, Milan, Italy
Neurol Sci 30:S43-7. 2009..These preliminary results indicate that hypothalamic stimulation is associated with marked reduction of direct costs in the management of complete drug-resistant chronic CH...
Application of IHS criteria to headache attributed to spontaneous intracranial hypotension in a large populationE Mea
Headache Centre, Neurological Department, corrected Neurological Institute, C Besta Foundation, Milan, Italy
Cephalalgia 29:418-22. 2009..Excluding the requirement for response to epidural blood patch (criterion D) and considering headaches appearing within 2 h of sitting or standing up would capture more patients...
Deep brain stimulation and cluster headacheM Leone
Headache Centre, C Besta National Neurological Institute, Via Celoria 11, I 20133, Milan, Italy
Neurol Sci 26:s138-9. 2005..The procedures were well tolerated with no significant adverse events. Hypothalamic DBS is an efficacious and safe procedure to relieve otherwise intractable CCH and SUNCT...
Headache and spontaneous low cerebrospinal fluid pressure syndromeE Mea
Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Via Celoria 11, I 20133, Milan, Italy
Neurol Sci 28:S232-4. 2007..All SIH patients suffered from headache. Early recognition of SIH may avoid dangerous worsening due to delayed diagnosis. Orthostatic headache, the main symptom, suggests the diagnosis...
Polytherapy for the prophylaxis of chronic migraine: an Italian surveyD D'Amico
Headache Center, Neurological Institute C Besta IRCCS Foundation, Milan, Italy
Neurol Sci 32:S185-8. 2011..Our survey indicates that polytherapy may be rather common in CM, and suggests that comorbidities may strongly influence treatment choices...
Clinical features and outcomes in spontaneous intracranial hypotension: a survey of 90 consecutive patientsE Mea
Department of Neurology and Headache Centre, Fondazione Istituto Nazionale Neurologico Carlo Besta, Via Celoria 11, 20133, Milan, Italy
Neurol Sci 30:S11-3. 2009....
Headache in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a pilot study to assess applicability of ICHD-2 diagnostic criteriaD D'Amico
Clinical Neurosciences Department, Neurological Institute C Besta IRCCS Foundation, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy
Neurol Sci 33:S189-91. 2012..5 % cases)...
Neuroimaging and pain: a window on the autonomic nervous systemM Leone
Headache Centre, C Besta National Neurological Institute, Via Celoria 11, I 20133, Milan, Italy
Neurol Sci 27:S134-7. 2006....
Epidemiology of fixed unilateral headachesM Leone
Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy
Cephalalgia 28:8-11. 2008..The high frequency of side shift in chronic cluster headache should be considered when proposing surgical treatment for severe intractable forms of the disease...
Deep brain stimulation in craniofacial pain: seven years' experienceG Bussone
Headache Centre, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Via Celoria 11, I 20133 Milan, Italy
Neurol Sci 28:S146-9. 2007..Hypothalamic stimulation is an effective, safe and well tolerated treatment for chronic drug-refractory CH. It appears as a valid alternative to destructive surgical modalities, and has the additional advantage of being reversible...
Functional neuroimaging and headache pathophysiology: new findings and new prospectsM Leone
Headache Centre, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale Neurologico Carlo Besta, Via Celoria 11, I 20133 Milan, Italy
Neurol Sci 28:S108-13. 2007..New insights into mechanisms of head pain have emerged thanks to neuroimaging obtained in experimentally induced headaches, and during peripheral and central neurostimulation...
Acute hypothalamic stimulation and ongoing cluster headache attacksM Leone
Department of Neurology and Headache Centre, Istituto Nazionale Neurologico Carlo Besta, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milano, Italy
Neurology 67:1844-5. 2006..1%). Acute hypothalamic stimulation is not effective in resolving ongoing CH attacks, suggesting that hypothalamic stimulation acts by complex mechanisms in CH prevention...
Strategies for the treatment of autonomic trigeminal cephalalgiasM Leone
Headache Centre, National Neurological Institute C Besta, Via Celoria 11, I 20133 Milan, Italy
Neurol Sci 25:S167-70. 2004..SUNCT is commonly described as drug resistant. Recent studies report that lamotrigin may be the drug of choice for SUNCT...
Headache and intracranial hypotension: neuroradiological findingsL Chiapparini
Department of Neuroradiology, National Neurological Institute C Besta, Via Celoria 11, I 20133 Milan, Italy
Neurol Sci 25:S138-41. 2004..Neuroimaging studies are, therefore, essential for suggesting and confirming the diagnosis...
Selective vs. complete family interview for detecting those affected by familial cluster headacheM Leone
Istituto Nazionale Neurologico Carlo Besta, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy
Cephalalgia 24:938-9. 2004..We found only one new first-degree relative with cluster headache (1/40 = 2.5%). The selective interview may be used with confidence as a means of investigating the hereditary component of cluster headache...
Cluster-tic syndrome resolved by removal of pituitary adenoma: the first caseM Leone
Istituto Nazionale Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
Cephalalgia 24:1088-9. 2004
