Misdiagnosis of hemicrania continua

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1371-1378

  Peres, Mario F P ^a,b,c   Valença, Marcelo M ^d   Gonçalves, André Leite ^b,c  

^a UNIFESP ^*  (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Hemicrania continua; Migraine; Primary headaches

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMICRANIA CONTINUA; HUMAN; RARE DISEASE; REMISSION; REVIEW;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN;

EID: 70349464954     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.09.85     Document Type: Review

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