Tinted spectacles and visually sensitive migraine

Cephalalgia

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 711-719

  Wilkins, A J ^a   Patel, R ^b   Adjamian, P ^a   Evans, B J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Optometry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glare; Headache; Intuitive colorimeter; Migraine; Ophthalmic treatment; Photophobia; Photosensitivity; Precision ophthalmic tints

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; ATENOLOL; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; CAFERGOT; CARBIMAZOLE; COCODAMOL; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE PLUS PARACETAMOL; DOMPERIDONE; DOSULEPIN; IBUPROFEN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROPRANOLOL; SUMATRIPTAN; SUMATRIPTAN SUCCINATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPECTACLES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EYEGLASSES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; PILOT PROJECTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036835972     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2002.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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