Strictly unilateral headache reminiscent of hemicrania continua resistant to indomethacin but responsive to gabapentin

Cephalalgia

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 409-410

  Mariano Da Silva, H ^a   Alcantara, M C ^a   Bordini, C A ^a   Speciali, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; ERGOTAMINE; GABAPENTIN; INDOMETACIN; LAMOTRIGINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE AGONIST; PROMETHAZINE; SUMATRIPTAN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ZOLMITRIPTAN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HEADACHE; MIGRAINE; NERVE BLOCK; ADULT; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PTOSIS; VOMITING;

ACETIC ACIDS; ADULT; AMINES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG RESISTANCE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; VOMITING;

EID: 0036596412     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2002.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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