Verapamil in prophylactic therapy of migraine

Neurology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1984, Pages 973-976

  Markley, Herbert G ^a   Cheronis, John C D ^a   Piepho, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VERAPAMIL;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LARGE INTESTINE; MIGRAINE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROPHYLAXIS; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MIGRAINE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0021266742     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.34.7.973     Document Type: Article

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