A case of SUNCT syndrome responsive to verapamil

Cephalalgia

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 476-478

  Narbone, Maria Carola ^a,b   Gangemi, S ^a   Abbate, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SUNCT SYNDROME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBELLUM; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 20044372198     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2004.00876.x     Document Type: Article

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