Migraine and suicide

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1069-1071

  Wang, Shuu Jiun ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSALITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 34548857355     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.7.9.1069     Document Type: Editorial

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