Migrainous stroke causing thalamic infarction and amnesia during treatment with propranolol

Headache

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 594-596

  Mendizabal, Jorge E ^a   Greiner, Frank ^a   Hamilton, William J ^a   Rothrock, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Migraine; Migrainous stroke; Stroke; Thalamic amnesia

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; HEPARIN; MECLOZINE; NIMODIPINE; PETHIDINE; PROPRANOLOL; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIGRAINE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THALAMUS;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AMNESIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PROPRANOLOL; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030715327     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1997.3709594.x     Document Type: Article

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