Raised plasma endothelin during acute migraine attack

Cephalalgia

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 383-384

  Färkkilä, Markus ^a   Palo, Jorma ^a   Saijonmaa, Outi ^a   Fyhrquist, Frej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Endothelin; migraine; vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; ENDOTHELINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MIGRAINE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0026618994     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.1992.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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