Epidemiology of primary and secondary headaches in a Brazilian tertiary-care center

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-44

  Carvalho Felício, André ^a,b   Bichuetti, Denis Bernardi ^a   Celso Dos Santos, William Adolfo ^a   De Oliveira Godeiro Jr , Clecio ^a   Marin, Luis Fabiano ^a   De Souza Carvalho, Deusvenir ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clinic based study; Epidemiology; Headache

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLUSTER HEADACHE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; TENSION HEADACHE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33646463758     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2006000100009     Document Type: Article

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