Primary cough headache is associated with posterior fossa crowdedness: A morphometric MRI study

Cephalalgia

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 694-699

  Chen, Yen Yu ^a,b   Lirng, Jiing Feng ^a,b   Fuh, Jong Ling ^a,b   Chang, Feng Chi ^a,b   Cheng, Hui Cheng ^a   Wang, Shuu Jiun ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Benign cough headache; MRI; Oman malformation; Primary cough headache

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIMARY COUGH HEADACHE; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

AGED; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4444382830     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2004.00739.x     Document Type: Article

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