Misdiagnosis of cluster headache

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 76-82

  Geweke, Lynne O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster Headache; International Headache Society; Migraine; Sumatriptan; Trigeminal Neuralgia

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER HEADACHE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CLUSTER HEADACHE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036466812     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-002-0028-3     Document Type: Article

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