Buspirone vs amitriptyline in the treatment of chronic tension-type headache

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 247-251

  Mitsikostas, D D ^a,c   Gatzonis, S ^b   Thomas, A ^b   Ilias, A ^b  

^a ATHENS NAVAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amitriptyline; Buspirone; Chronic tension type headache; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BUSPIRONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENSION HEADACHE; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0030754742     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00277.x     Document Type: Article

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