Should cluster headache be associated with cutaneous allodynia?

Cephalalgia

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1041-1042

  Burstein, R ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; CLUSTER HEADACHE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIZATION; SKIN PAIN; SKIN SENSITIVITY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

CLUSTER HEADACHE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HUMANS; HYPERESTHESIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN; STATISTICS; TOUCH;

EID: 33746881670     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2006.01200.x     Document Type: Editorial

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