Tension-type headache: Why does this condition have to fight for its recognition?

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 454-458

  Jensen, Rigmor ^a   Bendtsen, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; MIRTAZAPINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BASIC RESEARCH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 33751328364     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-006-0077-0     Document Type: Review

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