Subcutaneous sumatriptan during the migraine aura

Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 1587-1592

  Bates, D ^a   Ashford, E ^b   Dawson, R ^b   Pilgrim, A J ^b   Shevlin, P ^b   Ensink, F B M ^c   Gilhus, N E ^d   Olesen, J ^e  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SUMATRIPTAN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VOMITING;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PLACEBOS; SUMATRIPTAN;

EID: 0027994072     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.44.9.1587     Document Type: Article

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