Cluster headache in the Taiwanese - A clinic-based study

Cephalalgia

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 631-638

  Lin, K H ^a,b   Wang, P J ^c   Fuh, J L ^b,d   Lu, S R ^e   Chung, C T ^a   Tsou, H K ^a   Wang, S J ^b,d  

^a Chia Yi Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAINAN SIN LAU HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cluster headache; Epidemiology; Sunshine duration; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; LITHIUM; PREDNISONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SUMATRIPTAN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROIC ACID; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLUSTER HEADACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESSNESS; SEX RATIO; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CLUSTER HEADACHE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 4043048705     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2003.00721.x     Document Type: Article

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