Acute and interictal allodynia in patients with different headache forms: An Italian pilot study

Headache

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 272-277

  Lovati, Carlo ^a   D'Amico, Domenico ^b   Bertora, Pierluigi ^a   Rosa, Silvia ^a   Suardelli, Massimo ^a   Mailland, Enrico ^a   Mariani, Claudio ^a   Bussone, Genaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Chronic headaches; Episodic migraine; Primary headaches

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ALLODYNIA; ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERICTAL ALLODYNA; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; PAIN CLINIC; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENSION HEADACHE; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 38749132323     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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