Hemicrania continua unresponsive or partially responsive to indomethacin: Does it exist? A diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-63

  Prakash, Sanjay ^a,b   Shah, Nilima D ^a   Bhanvadia, Roopal J ^a  

^a Baroda Medical College   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Hemicrania continua; Indomethacin

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; INDOMETACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NAPROXEN; TOPIRAMATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMICRANIA CONTINUA; HUMAN; LACRIMATION; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PHONOPHOBIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59049100091     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-008-0088-9     Document Type: Article

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