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The definitive position of headache among the major public health challenges. An end to the slippery slope of disregard

Authors: Paolo Martelletti, Timothy J. Steiner, José M. Bertolote, Tarun Dua, Benedetto Saraceno

Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain | Issue 3/2007

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The demand for a new social understanding of headache disorders can be traced back over more than 30 years. During that period it has become ever more evident and pressing, meanwhile giving birth to research with outstanding results in epidemiology, nosography, pathophysiology, genetics and more, and generating innovative therapeutic molecules and refined diagnostic means. Despite all of this, the weak position of headache disorders within the public health value scale, long apparent to scientists in the field, to physicians, to lay organisations and to people affected by these disorders, has for much of this time meant an increasing disparity with other neurological disorders. …

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Title: The definitive position of headache among the major public health challenges. An end to the slippery slope of disregard
Authors: Paolo Martelletti
Timothy J. Steiner
José M. Bertolote
Tarun Dua
Benedetto Saraceno
Publication date: 01-06-2007
Publisher: Springer Milan
Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain / Issue 3/2007
Print ISSN: 1129-2369
Electronic ISSN: 1129-2377
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10194-007-0382-y

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