What clues are available for differential diagnosis of headaches in emergency settings?

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-97

  Mert, Ertan ^a   Özge, Aynur ^a   Taşdelen, Bahar ^a   Yılmaz, Arda ^a   Bilgin, Nursel G ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Classification and regression tree; Differential diagnosis; Emergency; Headache; Primary headaches; Secondary headaches

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PRIMARY HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY HEADACHE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENSION HEADACHE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 41749110024     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-008-0015-0     Document Type: Article

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