Benign or sinister? Distinguishing migraine from subarachnoid hemorrhage

Headache

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 433-435

  Evans, Randolph W ^a   Davenport, Richard J ^b  

^a Western General Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Migraine; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Thunderclap headache

Indexed keywords

SUMATRIPTAN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NAUSEA; NECK MUSCLE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOTE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHONOPHOBIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUMATRIPTAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 33947272558     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00730.x     Document Type: Note

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