Alprazolam in chronic tension type headache

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 641-644

  Shukla, R ^a   Nag, D ^a   Ahuja, R C ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENSION HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALPRAZOLAM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030225177     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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