Cyclic vomiting syndrome, migraine, and epilepsy: A common underlying disorder?

Headache

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 407-409

  Cupini, Letizia Maria ^a   Santorelli, Filippo M ^b   Iani, Cesare ^a   Fariello, Giuseppe ^b   Calabresi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Channelopathies; Cyclic vomiting syndrome; Migraine; Mitochondropathies

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMITRIPTYLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; FLUNARIZINE; LACTIC ACID; PHENOBARBITAL; PROPRANOLOL; SEROTONIN AGONIST; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYCLIC VOMITING SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; VOMITING;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLUNARIZINE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; METABOLIC DISEASES; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; RECURRENCE; SYNDROME; VOMITING;

EID: 0346106197     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2003.03078.x     Document Type: Article

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