Treatment of cluster headache attacks with less than 6 mg subcutaneous sumatriptan

Headache

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1069-1072

  Gregor, Nora ^a   Schlesiger, Christian ^a   Akova Öztürk, Esra ^a   Kraemer, Christoffer ^a   Husstedt, Ingo Wilhelm ^a   Evers, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cluster headache; Oxygen; Sumatriptan

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SUMATRIPTAN; SEROTONIN AGONIST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; CLUSTER HEADACHE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SUMATRIPTAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644641409     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2005.05189.x     Document Type: Article

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