Familial cluster headache: Report of three families

Headache

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-43

  D'Amico, Domenico ^a   Leone, Massimo ^a   Moschiano, Franca ^a   Bussone, Gennaro ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

cluster headache; familial occurrence; genetic factor

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ERGOTAMINE; INDOMETACIN; LITHIUM CARBONATE; METHYSERGIDE; VALPROIC ACID; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER HEADACHE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030049589     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1996.3601041.x     Document Type: Article

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