Use of mirtazapine as prophylactic treatment for migraine headache [2]

Psychosomatics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-154

  Brannon, Guy E ^a   Rolland, Philip D ^b   McGee Gary, Jeanie ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; MIRTAZAPINE; PAROXETINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIGRAINE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0034059671     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.41.2.153     Document Type: Letter

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