Cluster headache: The history of the Cluster Club and a review of recent clinical research

Functional Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 73-81

  Ekbom, Karl ^a   Waldenlind, Elisabet ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cluster headache; Epidemiology; Genetics; Neuroimaging; Pathophysiology; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CLONIDINE; ERGOTAMINE TARTRATE; LITHIUM; MELATONIN; NARATRIPTAN; OXYGEN; PLACEBO; STEROID; SUMATRIPTAN; TIZANIDINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VERAPAMIL; SEROTONIN AGONIST;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHROMOSOME BAND; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FAMILY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAY MATTER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RELATIVE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMOCOAGULATION; DENMARK; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; GENETICS; HISTORY; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SAN MARINO; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DENMARK; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MINNESOTA; NEUROLOGY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SAN MARINO; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SUMATRIPTAN; SWEDEN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 4344689093     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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