Persistent migrainous visual phenomena might be responsive to lamotrigine

Headache

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 823-825

  Chen, Wei Ta ^a   Fuh, Jong Ling ^a   Lu, Shiang Ru ^a   Wang, Shuu Jiun ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aura; Lamotrigine; Migraine

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; FLUNARIZINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PARACETAMOL; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; OCCIPITAL LOBE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0034796662     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2001.01150.x     Document Type: Article

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