SUNCT and SUNA: Clinical features and medical treatment

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 526-534

  Williams, Max H ^a   Broadley, Simon A ^a,b  

^a GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Headache; Lamotrigine; Lignocaine; SUNA; SUNCT

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; TOPIRAMATE; VERAPAMIL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; RASH; SHORT LASTING UNILATERAL NEURALGIFORM WITH CRANIAL AUTONOMIC SYMPTOM; SUNCT SYNDROME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUNCT SYNDROME; TRIAZINES; TRIGEMINAL AUTONOMIC CEPHALALGIAS;

EID: 41549123153     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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