Headaches precipitated by cough, prolonged exercise or sexual activity: A prospective etiological and clinical study

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 259-266

  Pascual, Julio ^a   González Mandly, Andrés ^b   Martín, Rubén ^b   Oterino, Agustín ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Cough headache; Exertional headache; Sexual headache

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CAPTOPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; INDOMETACIN; NADOLOL; PROPRANOLOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGH HEADACHE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXERCISE; EXERTIONAL HEADACHE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY HEADACHE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COUGH; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51849168914     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-008-0063-5     Document Type: Article

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