Normobaric hypoxia and nitroglycerin as trigger factors for migraine

Cephalalgia

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 816-819

  Schoonman, G G ^a   Sandor P S ^b,c   Agosti, R M ^b   Siccoli, M ^b   Bartsch P ^d   Ferrari, M D ^a   Baumgartner, R W ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; Migraine; Nitroglycerin; Normobaric hypoxia; Trigger factor

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; MIGRAINE; NORMOBARIC HYPOXIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROVOCATION TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33745065435     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2006.01112.x     Document Type: Article

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