Deficiency of tumor necrosis factor α in a subclass of menstrual migraineurs

Headache

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-137

  Mueller, Loretta ^a,b   Gupta, Adarsh K ^a   Stein, T Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b University Headache Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Interleukin 1 ; Interleukin 6; Menstrual migraine; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CYTOKINE; HISTAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKOTRIENE; NEUROKININ A; NITRIC OXIDE; SEROTONIN; SUBSTANCE P; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MENSTRUATION; MIGRAINE; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; MENSTRUATION; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0035097352     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2001.111006129.x     Document Type: Article

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