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Original Scientific Reports

Surgical desensitisation of the mechanoreceptors in Müller's muscle relieves chronic tension-type headache caused by tonic reflexive contraction of the occipitofrontalis muscle in patients with aponeurotic blepharoptosis

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Pages 21-29 | Accepted 29 Apr 2012, Published online: 04 Dec 2012

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