Treatment of aura: Solving the puzzle

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  D'Andrea, Giovinavi ^a   Nordera, G P ^a   Allais, G ^b  

^a Headache and Cerebrovascular Center   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lamotrigine; Migraine with aura; Neuronal hyperexcitability; Picotamide; Platelet activation

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; LAMOTRIGINE; PICOTAMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; MIGRAINE AURA; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; PATIENT CARE; THROMBOCYTE DYSFUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; HUMANS; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; PHTHALIC ACIDS; TRIAZINES;

EID: 33746309782     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-006-0579-x     Document Type: Article

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