Nimodipine for treatment of primary thunderclap headache

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1414-1416

  Lu, S R ^a   Liao, Y C ^b,c   Fuh, J L ^b,c   Lirng, J F ^a,c   Wang, S J ^c  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIMODIPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE; VASCULAR HEADACHE;

EID: 1942537752     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000120669.85649.77     Document Type: Article

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