The effect of sodium valproate on chronic daily headache and its subgroups

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-41

  Yurekli, Vedat Ali ^a   Akhan, Galip ^a   Kutluhan, Suleyman ^a   Uzar, Ertugrul ^a   Koyuncuoglu, Hasan Rifat ^a   Gultekin, Fatih ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic daily headache; Chronic migraine; Chronic tension type headache; Sodium valproate

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHE; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMNOLENCE; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE; TREMOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP STAGES; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 39549099491     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-008-0002-5     Document Type: Article

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