Supplementation with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the management of recurrent migraines in adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 154-161

  Harel, Zeev ^a   Gascon, Generoso ^a,b   Riggs, Suzanne ^a,b   Vaz, Rosalind ^a,b   Brown, William ^a,b   Exil, Gerald ^a,b  

^a HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Fish oil; Headaches; Migraine; Olive oil; Omega 3 fatty acids

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; TOCOPHEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; METABOLISM; RECURRENT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL CHOLESTEROL; MALE; MIGRAINE; PLACEBOS; PLANT OILS; RECURRENCE; RHODE ISLAND; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 0035985672     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(02)00349-X     Document Type: Article

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