Migraine strikes study: Factors in patients' decision to treat early

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-99

  Golden, Wendy ^a   Evans, Judith K ^a   Hu, Henry ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Early treatment; Headache; Migraine; Triptans

Indexed keywords

ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; PAIN; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHOTOPHOBIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 62749202616     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-008-0091-1     Document Type: Article

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