When and how to investigate the patient with headache

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-170

  Bartleson, J D ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic testing; Guidelines; Headache; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BODY POSTURE; CANCER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NECK INJURY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

AGE FACTORS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646228846     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-939916     Document Type: Review

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