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Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Poster presentation

P019. Transcutaneous supraorbital neurostimulation in “de novo” patients with migraine without aura: the first Italian experience

Authors: Antonio Russo, Francesca Conte, Laura Marcuccio, Alfonso Giordano, Gioacchino Tedeschi, Alessandro Tessitore

Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain | Special Issue 1/2015

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Pharmacological anti-migraine preventive therapies are widely used to reduce the impact of migraine on quality of life; nevertheless, they may exhibit incomplete efficacy and significant side effects. Transcutaneous supraorbital neurostimulation (tSNS) has been recently proposed for the treatment of migraine. Moreover, tSNS has been recently found superior to sham stimulation for episodic migraine prevention in a randomized trial [1]. …
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Metadata
Title
P019. Transcutaneous supraorbital neurostimulation in “de novo” patients with migraine without aura: the first Italian experience
Authors
Antonio Russo
Francesca Conte
Laura Marcuccio
Alfonso Giordano
Gioacchino Tedeschi
Alessandro Tessitore
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
The Journal of Headache and Pain / Issue Special Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1129-2369
Electronic ISSN: 1129-2377
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1129-2377-16-S1-A136

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