Is there a role for nitric oxide activity in cervicogenic headache?

Functional Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 155-157

  Inan, Nurten ^a,b   Yilmaz, Gulsen ^a   Surer, Hatice ^a   Coskun, Ozlem ^a   Ucler, Serap ^a   Cavdar, Layla ^a   Inan, Levent E ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervicogenic headache; Nitrate; Nitric oxide; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEAD POSITION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NECK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

ADULT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; POST-TRAUMATIC HEADACHE;

EID: 35348936580     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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