Melatonin responsive hemicrania continua

Headache

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1203-1204

  Rozen, Todd D ^a  

^a Michigan Head Pain and Neurological Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemicrania continua; Indomethacin; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HEMICRANIA CONTINUA; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745613519     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006.00514_1.x     Document Type: Article

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