Migraine, as compared to other headaches, is worse daring midnight-sun summer than during polar night. A questionnaire study in an arctic population

Headache

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 824-829

  Salvesen, Rolf ^a   Bekkelund, Svein I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic population; Light sensitivity; Migraine; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARCTIC; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORWAY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARCTIC REGIONS; CHILD; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS;

EID: 0034525719     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2000.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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