Frequency and characteristics of interictal headaches in patients with epilepsy

Journal of Epilepsy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 83-86

  Ito, Masumi ^a   Schachter, Steven C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Headache; Interictal headache; Migraine; Postictal headache

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

EID: 0030175894     PISSN: 08966974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0896-6974(96)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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