Sumatriptan can alleviate headaches due to carotid artery dissection

Headache

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 590-591

  Leira, Enrique C ^a,c   Cruz Flores, Salvador ^a   Leacock, Rodney O ^a   Abdulrauf, Saleem I ^b  

^a Souers Stroke Institute   (United States)

^b Department of Neurosurgery   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid; Dissection; Effectiveness; Headache; Response; Sumatriptan

Indexed keywords

SUMATRIPTAN;

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SUMATRIPTAN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0034941842     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2001.041006590.x     Document Type: Article

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