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Review
. 2008 Jan 12;336(7635):88-92.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.705868.AD.

Tension-type headache

Elizabeth Loder  1 , Paul Rizzoli
Affiliations
Review

Tension-type headache

Elizabeth Loder et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: EL is a part time clinical editor for the BMJ. In the past three years, she has received research support, consulting, or speaking fees from Allergan, AstraZeneca, Endo, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, NMT, OrthoMcNeil, Pfizer, the National Headache Foundation, the American Headache Society, the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Neurology, and the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties. PR has received speaking fees from Pfizer.

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Patient with tension-type headache indicating location of his headache pain
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