Induction of nitrate tolerance is not a useful treatment in cluster headache

Cephalalgia

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 445-454

  Christiansen, I ^a   Iversen, H K ^a   Olesen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arteries; Cluster headache; Isosorbide 5 mononitrate; Nitrate tolerance; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ISOSORBIDE 5 NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER HEADACHE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG TOLERANCE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NOCICEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CLUSTER HEADACHE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0034453790     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2000.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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