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References

American Academy of Family Physicians. Migraine Headaches: Ways to Deal With the Pain. Updated January 2002. Available at: http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/brain/disorders/127.html. Accessed August 9, 2006 and June 25,2007.

American Council for Headache Education. How Headaches Differ. Updated January 16, 2004. Available at: http://www.achenet.org/understanding/differ.php. Accessed August 9, 2006.

Anon. Chronic daily headache, medication overuse headache Headache. 2004;44(8):845.

King DS, Herndon KC. Headache disorders. In: Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach. 6th ed. Dipiro JT, Talbert RL, Yee GC et al, eds. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2005:1105-1121.

Marcus DA. Focus on primary care diagnosis and management of headache in women. Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey. 1999;54(6):395-402.

Michigan Head Pain and Neurological Institute. Frequently Asked Questions: Migraine. Available at: http://www.mhni.com/faqs_types_and_causes.html. Accessed August 9, 2006.

National Headache Foundation. Categories of Headache. No date given. Available at: http://www.headaches.org/consumer/presskit/NHAW04/Categories%20of%20Headache.pdf. Accessed August 9, 2006 and June 25, 2007.

National Headache Foundation. The Complete Guide to Headaches. Other Types: Rebound Headache. No date given. Available at: http://www.headaches.org/consumer/educationalmodules/completeguide/other.html. Accessed online August 9, 2006 and June 25, 2007.

National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Headache: Hope Through Research. Available at: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/pubs/headache_htr.htm. Accessed online August 9, 2006 and June 25, 2007.

Raskin N. Migraine and the Cluster Headache Syndrome. In: Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 14th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 1998: 2307-2311.

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The National Headache Foundation. The Complete Guide to Headaches.: Headache Types. The National Headache Foundation. Available at: http://www.headaches.org/consumer/educationalmodules/completeguide/completeguide.html. Accessed August 9, 2006 and June 25, 2007.

Ward TN. Medication overuse headache. Primary Care. 2004;31(2):369-380.

Beck, Ellen MD, et al, Management of cluster headaches American Family Physician pages, 717-724 www.aafp.org/aft. Colman I Brown MD, Innes GD, Grafstein E, Roberts TE, Rowe BH. Parenteral dihydroergotamine for acute migraine headache: a systematic review of the literature. Ann Emerg Med 2005: 45:393-401

The National Headache Foundation. ?Educational Resources? Available at: http://www.headaches.org/consumer/clinical_trials/06.04.29.implant.html. Accessed August 9, 2006 and June 25, 2007.

The National Headache Foundation. ?What?s New In Headache Treatment?? Februrary 6, 2006. Available online at: http://headaches.org/consumer/new.treatment.options.doc. Accessed August 9, 2006 and June 25, 2007.

Clinical Trials. US National Institutes of Health. Available online at: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/search?term=headaches. Accessed August 9, 2006 and June 25, 2007.

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