Gabapentin in the prophylaxis of migraine: A double-blind randomized placebo-controlled study

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 145-148

  Di Trapani, Girolamo ^a,b   Mei, D ^a   Marra, C ^a   Mazza, S ^a   Capuano, A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Migraine; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMNOLENCE; TREMOR; VERTIGO;

ACETIC ACIDS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINES; ANALGESICS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 0033911715     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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