Lithium and clonazepam treatment of two cases with cluster headache

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 535-537

  Takebayashi, Minoru ^a   Fujikawa, Tokumi ^b   Kagaya, Ariyuki ^a   Horiguchi, Jun ^a   Yamawaki, Shigeto ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kamo Psychiatry Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clonazepam; Cluster headache; Lithium

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ERGOTAMINE; ETIZOLAM; LITHIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; CLONAZEPAM; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032815243     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00573.x     Document Type: Article

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