LASH: A syndrome of long-lasting autonomic symptoms with hemicrania (A new indomethacin-responsive headache)

Headache

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 483-486

  Rozen, Todd D ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania; Headache; Hemicrania continua; Indomethacin

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033932846     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2000.00073.x     Document Type: Article

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