The therapeutic potential of melatonin in migraines and other headache types

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 383-389

  Gagnier, J J ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; PATHOGENESIS; PINEAL BODY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PINEAL GLAND;

EID: 0034840707     PISSN: 10895159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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