Successful treatment of nummular headache with tens

Cephalalgia

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 897-898

  Tayeb, Z ^a   Hafeez, F ^a,b   Shafiq, Q ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PHENYTOIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID; TOPIRAMATE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NUMMULAR HEADACHE; OXYGEN BREATHING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; LETTER; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51649106268     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2007.01456.x     Document Type: Article

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