From psychoneurosis to ICHD-2: An overview of the state of the art in post-traumatic headache

Headache

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1097-1111

  Gladstone, Jonathan ^a  

^a Gladstone Headache Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic headache; Head trauma; Post traumatic headache; PTH

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CODEINE; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; ERGOTAMINE; GABAPENTIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NADOLOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROCHLORPERAZINE MALEATE; PROPRANOLOL; SUMATRIPTAN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MILITARY MEDICINE; NEUROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; POST-TRAUMATIC HEADACHE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67651177873     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2009.01461.x     Document Type: Review

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