β-Endorphin in plasma and monocytes in juvenile headache

Headache

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-94

  Battistella, P A ^a   Bordin, A ^a   Cernetti, R ^a   Broetto, S ^a   Corra S ^a   Piva, E ^a   Plebani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

L 5 hydroxytryptophan; migraine; peripheral blood mononuclear cells; serotonin; tension type headache; endorphin

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; BETA ENDORPHIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; MONOCYTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; TENSION HEADACHE;

EID: 0030042279     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1996.3602091.x     Document Type: Article

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