Differentiating the efficacy of 5-HT1B/1D agonists

Headache

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 257-263

  Sheftell, Fred D ^a   Fox, Anthony W ^b   Weeks, Randall E ^a   Tepper, Stewart J ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR HEADACHE   (United States)

^b EBD Group   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT1B 1D agonists; Clinical trials; Efficacy; Meta analysis; Migraine

Indexed keywords

NARATRIPTAN; PLACEBO; RIZATRIPTAN; SEROTONIN 1B AGONIST; SEROTONIN 1D AGONIST; SUMATRIPTAN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MIGRAINE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PLACEBOS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035079047     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2001.111006257.x     Document Type: Article

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