Treatment of Chronic Migraine with OnabotulinumtoxinA: Mode of Action, Efficacy and Safety
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Pathomechanism of CM
3.2. Supposed Mode of Action of OBOT-A in Chronic Migraine Therapy
3.3. Therapeutic Indications of OBOT-A in Primary Headaches
3.4. Technique of Injection of OBOT-A in CM
3.5. Efficacy of OBOT-A in Treatment of CM
3.6. Tolerability and Safety of OBOT-A in Treatment of CM
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of interest
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Szok, D.; Csáti, A.; Vécsei, L.; Tajti, J. Treatment of Chronic Migraine with OnabotulinumtoxinA: Mode of Action, Efficacy and Safety. Toxins 2015, 7, 2659-2673. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins7072659
Szok D, Csáti A, Vécsei L, Tajti J. Treatment of Chronic Migraine with OnabotulinumtoxinA: Mode of Action, Efficacy and Safety. Toxins. 2015; 7(7):2659-2673. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins7072659
Chicago/Turabian StyleSzok, Délia, Anett Csáti, László Vécsei, and János Tajti. 2015. "Treatment of Chronic Migraine with OnabotulinumtoxinA: Mode of Action, Efficacy and Safety" Toxins 7, no. 7: 2659-2673. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins7072659
APA StyleSzok, D., Csáti, A., Vécsei, L., & Tajti, J. (2015). Treatment of Chronic Migraine with OnabotulinumtoxinA: Mode of Action, Efficacy and Safety. Toxins, 7(7), 2659-2673. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins7072659