Placebo response in cluster headache trials: A review

Cephalalgia

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 504-510

  Nilsson Remahl, A I M ^a   Laudon Meyer, E ^a   Cordonnier, C ^b   Goadsby, P J ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Cluster headache; Placebo

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MELATONIN; MISOPROSTOL; OXYGEN; PIZOTIFEN; PLACEBO; SUMATRIPTAN; VERAPAMIL; ZOLMITRIPTAN;

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLUSTER HEADACHE; HUMANS; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0141614055     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2003.00531.x     Document Type: Review

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