Effectiveness of nasal sumatriptan in 5- to 12-year-old children

Headache

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 693-697

  Hershey, Andrew D ^a,b   Powers, Scott W ^a,b   LeCates, Susan ^a   Bentti, Anna Liisa ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood headaches; Efficacy; Migraine; Nasal sumatriptan

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; NAPROXEN; SUMATRIPTAN;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASTE AVERSION; TASTE DISORDER; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SUMATRIPTAN;

EID: 0034887809     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2001.041007693.x     Document Type: Article

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