The exploding head syndrome

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 279-280

  Green, Mark W ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Beth Israel Hospital; Clomipramine; Frontal Lobe Dysfunction; Head Pain; Polysomnographic Recording

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

HEADACHE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNDROME;

CLOMIPRAMINE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0035377958     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-001-0043-9     Document Type: Article

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