Hemicrania continua-like headache with leprosy: Casual or causal association?

Headache

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1132-1134

  Prakash, Sanjay ^a,b   Dholakia, Saumil Y ^a  

^a Baroda Medical College   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Hemicrania continua; Indomethacin responsive headache; Leprosy and cranial nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE; INDOMETACIN; LEPROSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMICRANIA CONTINUA; HUMAN; LEPROSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 46749113056     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01128.x     Document Type: Article

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