Airplane descent headaches: CME

Headache

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 719-723

  Evans, Randolph W ^a,d   Purdy, R Allan ^b   Goodman, Scott H ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Headache and Pain Center   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOISE; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOBLASTOMA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 34248336965     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00794.x     Document Type: Note

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