Patent foramen ovale and migraine: No reason to intervene

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-6

  Diener, Hans Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 33947359800     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-007-0353-8     Document Type: Article

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