Information about migraine disability influences physicians' perceptions of illness severity and treatment needs

Headache

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 343-350

  Holmes, William F ^a,b,c,d   Anne MacGregor, E ^a,b,c   Sawyer, James P C ^a,b,c   Lipton, Richard B ^a,b,c  

^a Sherrington Park Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Innovative Medical Research   (United States)

^d Sherrington Park Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Headache related disability; Illness severity; MIDAS; Migraine; Treatment needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0035042260     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2001.111006343.x     Document Type: Article

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