Vagus nerve stimulation in drug-resistant daily chronic migraine with depression: Preliminary data

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Proietti Cecchini, Alberto ^a   Mea, Eliana ^a   Tullo, Vincenzo ^a   Curone, Marcella ^a   Franzini, Angelo ^a   Broggi, Giovanni ^a   Savino, Mario ^b   Bussone, Gennaro ^a   Leone, Massimo ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Depression; Drug resistance; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CAFERGOT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CODEINE; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; ELETRIPTAN; GABAPENTIN; INDOMETACIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; MIRTAZAPINE; OLANZAPINE; OPTALIDON; OXCARBAZEPINE; PARACETAMOL; PAROXETINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PREGABALIN; RAMIPRIL; SERTRALINE; SUMATRIPTAN; TOPIRAMATE; TRAMADOL; TRAZODONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHE; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEADACHE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENSTRUAL MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PATIENT SELECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 65549160936     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-009-0073-3     Document Type: Article

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