SUNCT and high nocturnal prolactin levels: Some new unusual characteristics

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 114-118

  Bosco, Domenico ^a   Labate, Angelo ^b   Mungari, Pasquale ^a   Vero, Sergio ^a   Fava, Antonietta ^b  

^a S Giovanni di Dio Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hyperprolactinaemia; Nocturnal headaches; SUNC; SUNCT and neuro endocrine disorders

Indexed keywords

CABERGOLINE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GADOLINIUM; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA AND OLIGOMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NOSE CONGESTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTIRELIN TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP; SUNCT SYNDROME; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROLACTIN; SUNCT SYNDROME;

EID: 34249039513     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-007-0370-2     Document Type: Article

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