Middle cerebral artery velocity correlates with nitroglycerin-induced headache onset

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-86

  Tegeler, C H ^a   Davidai, G ^b   Gengo, F M ^c   Knappertz, V A ^a   Troost, B T ^a   Gabriel, H ^d   Davis, R L ^d  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c DENT NEUROLOGIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Glaxo

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; SUMATRIPTAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HEADACHE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VASODILATATION; AGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; TRANSDERMAL PATCH;

EID: 0029919036     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon19966281     Document Type: Article

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