Diagnostic delay and suboptimal management in a referral population with hemicrania continua

Headache

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-234

  Rossi, Paolo ^a   Faroni, Jessica ^a   Tassorelli, Christina ^b   Nappi, Giuseppe ^b  

^a Headache Clinic INI Grottaferrata   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic daily headache; Cluster headache; Diagnosis; Hemicrania continua; Migraine; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DICLOFENAC; DIPYRONE; FLUNARIZINE; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; NAPROXEN; NIMESULIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; RIZATRIPTAN; ROFECOXIB; SUMATRIPTAN; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; VALPROIC ACID; VERAPAMIL; ZOLMITRIPTAN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; DENTIST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEMICRANIA CONTINUA; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF HEADACHE DISORDER; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS HEADACHE; SYMPTOM; THERAPY DELAY; TOOTH PAIN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 59449095200     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01260.x     Document Type: Article

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