Emergency department management of the acute headache

Clinical Cornerstone

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 45-54

  Diamond, Merle L ^a  

^a DIAMOND HEADACHE CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; MIGRAINE; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0033256330     PISSN: 10983597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1098-3597(99)90039-X     Document Type: Article

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