Episodic paroxysmal hemicrania with seasonal variation: Case report and the eph-cluster headache continuum hypothesis

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 944-947

  Veloso, Germany Gonçalves ^a,b   Kaup, Alexandre Ottoni ^a   Pietro Peres, Mario F ^a   Zukerman, Eliova ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronobiological dysfunction; EPH cluster headache continuum.; Episodic paroxysmal hemicrania

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MIGRAINE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0035206342     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2001000600020     Document Type: Article

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