Migraine in children and adolescents: A guide to drug treatment

CNS Drugs

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 813-820

  Hämäläinen, Mirja L ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; CLONIDINE; ETIRACETAM; FLUNARIZINE; IBUPROFEN; KETOROLAC; METOPROLOL; NAPROXEN; NIMODIPINE; PAPAVERINE; PARACETAMOL; PIZOTIFEN; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROPRANOLOL; RIZATRIPTAN; SUMATRIPTAN; TOPIRAMATE; TRAZODONE; VALPROIC ACID; ZOLMITRIPTAN;

ACUPUNCTURE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; META ANALYSIS; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASTE DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; TRYPTAMINES;

EID: 33749252906     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: 11727047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00023210-200620100-00003     Document Type: Review

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