Thermal sensitivity in unilateral headaches

Cephalalgia

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 675-683

  Becser, Noémi ^a   Sand, T ^b   Pareja, J A ^b   Zwart, J A ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Headache; Sensory nerves; Thermal thresholds

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SENSORY NERVE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032415731     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1998.1810675.x     Document Type: Article

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