Cluster headache attacks in a woman previously struck by lightning: Pathophysiology of the latent period

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 2 A, 2007, Pages 352-354

  Valença, Marcelo Moraes ^a,c   Farias Da Silva, Wilson ^a   Andrade Valença, Luciana Patrízia A ^a   Bordini, Carlos A ^b   Speciali, José Geraldo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c CCS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cluster headache; Latent period; Lightning; Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMATION; LATENT PERIOD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 34347324106     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000200033     Document Type: Article

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