Wolff's Headache and Other Head Pain

by Dalessio, Donald J.; Silberstein, Stephen D.

• ISBN13: 9780195082500
• ISBN10: 0195082508
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-07-29
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Since the fifth edition of this classic volume was published, a great deal of progress has been made in the study of headache. Much more is known about the mechanisms, neurobiology, and epidemiology of headache. The discovery of serotonin receptors in the brain has led to a new class of drugs for treating headache, and a new international classification of the various types of headache has been published. all this is covered in the sixth edition of Wolff's Headache, for which Donald Dalessio has been joined by Stephen Silberstein as co-editor. New chapters have been written on diagnosis, headache due to abnormal intracranial pressure, and clinical observations. Many of the other chapters have been completely rewritten, and the rest have been thoroughly updated.

Author Biography

Donald J. Dalessio, M.D., F.A.C.P., is Senior Consultant in the Division of Neurology at Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation.

Stephen D. Silberstein, M.D., F.A.C.P., is Co-Director of the Comprehensive Headache Center at the Germantown Hospital and Medical Center, and Clinical Professor of Neurology at Temple University School of Medicine.

Table of Contents

1. Diagnosis and Classification of Headache, D.J. Dalessio and S.D. Silberstein 2. Pain-Sensitive Cranial Structures, R.J. Coffey and A.L. Rhoton, Jr. 3. Inheritance and Epidemiology of Headache, W.E. Waters, S.D. Silberstein, and D.J. Dalessio 4. The Pathophysiology of Migraine, J.W. Lance 5. Migraine: Diagnosis and Treatment, S.D. Silberstein and J.R. Saper 6. Cluster Headache: Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment, L. Kudrow 7. Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania (CPH) and Similar Headaches, O. Sjaastad 8. Cervicogenic Headache, O. Sjaastad 9. Toxic Vascular Headache, J.S. Meyer and D.J. Dalessio 10. Tension-type Headache, S. Diamond 11. Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica, D.J. Dalessio and G.W. Williams 12. Major Vascular Diseases and Headache, D.J. Dalessio 13. Allergy, Atopy, Nasal Disease, and Headache, D.D. Stevenson 14. The Teeth and Jaws as Sources of Headache and Facial Pain 15. The Major Neuralgias, Postinfectious Neuritis, and Atypical Facial Pain, D.J. Dalessio 16. Post-Traumatic Headaches, O. Appenzeller 17. Headache and the Eye, T.J. Carlow 18. The Radiologic Investigation of Headaches, J. Zyroff and S.G. Seat 19. Headache Associated with Abnormalities in Intracranial Structure or Pressure, S.D. Silberstein and J. Marcelis 20. Life Stress, Personality Factors, and Reactions to Headache, R.C. Packard 21. The Behavioral Management of Headache, A.H. Roberts 22. Clinical Observations on Headache, D.J. Dalessio and S.D. Silberstein