Long-term outcome of migraine therapy: Predictive value of the frontotemporal nitroglycerin test

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1475-1478

  Bonuso, S ^a   Di Stasio, E ^a   Marano, E ^a   De Angelis, S ^a   Amato, D ^a   Scellini, T ^a   Caruso, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUNARIZINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIGRAINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031744101     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.5.1475     Document Type: Article

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