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Articles relating to American Academy of Neurology content
article pageviews in January 2013 sources cited change summary
American Academy of Neurology 671
Butalbital 25647 3 "As a treatment for migraine, butalbital should be avoided in favor of more effective, migraine-specific treatments."
Electroencephalography 105464 1 "EEG is not indicated for diagnosing headache"
Neurology 62374
Interferon type I 3822 4 "IFN-β1 is not an appropriate treatment for patients with progressive, non-relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis."
Medication overuse headache 3727 3 "Opioids and butalbital are sometimes inappropriately used as treatment for migraine..."
Neurological disorder 32519
Neurologist 38401
Neurosurgery 36880
Neuropathology 3400
Opioid 69162 3 "Chronic pain which occurs only periodically, such as that from nerve pain, migraines, and fibromyalgia, frequently is better treated with drugs other than opioids."
Syncope (medicine) 71490 2 "using carotid ultrasonography on the premise of identifying carotid artery disease as a cause of syncope also is not indicated"
Carotid endarterectomy 17173 5 added citation to existing statement - "Current surgical best-practice restricts surgery for asymptomatic carotid stenosis to patients with ≥70% carotid stenosis if the surgery can be performed with ≤3% risk of perioperative complications."
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American Academy of Neurology (February 2013), "Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question", Choosing Wisely: an initiative of the ABIM Foundation, American Academy of Neurology, retrieved August 1, 2013, which cites

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