Diagnosis and treatment of cluster headache

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 242-259

  Capobianco, David J ^a   Dodick, David W ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster headache; Hypothalamus; Transitional prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CAPSAICIN; COCAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; ERGOTAMINE; ERGOTAMINE DERIVATIVE; ERGOTAMINE TARTRATE; FROVATRIPTAN; INDOMETACIN; LIDOCAINE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MELATONIN; METHYLPHENIDATE; METHYSERGIDE; NIMODIPINE; OCTREOTIDE; OXYGEN; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; SEROTONIN 1 AGONIST; SUMATRIPTAN; TOPIRAMATE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VALPROIC ACID; VERAPAMIL; ZOLMITRIPTAN;

ALOPECIA; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLURRED VISION; BONE NECROSIS; CATARACT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER HEADACHE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIARRHEA; DIENCEPHALON; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; ERGOTISM; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; GLAUCOMA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSOMNIA; LETHARGY; LUNG FIBROSIS; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYOPATHY; MYXEDEMA; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PANCREATITIS; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEPTIC ULCER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SLURRED SPEECH; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM; TREMOR; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

CLUSTER HEADACHE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; OXYGEN; SEROTONIN AGONISTS;

EID: 33646258238     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-939925     Document Type: Review

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