Tension-type headache

American Family Physician

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 797-805

  Millea, Paul J ^a   Brodie, Jonathan J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; BUTALBITAL; CAFFEINE; CITALOPRAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PAROXETINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE MALEATE; PROMETHAZINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIGRAINE; NECK MUSCLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TRAINING; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; STANDING; TENSION HEADACHE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; XEROSTOMIA;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 0036736367     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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