Cutaneous application of menthol 10% solution as an abortive treatment of migraine without aura: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossed-over study

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 451-456

  Borhani Haghighi, A ^a   Motazedian, S ^a   Rezaii, R ^a   Mohammadi, F ^a   Salarian, L ^a   Pourmokhtari, M ^a   Khodaei, S ^a   Vossoughi, M ^a   Miri, R ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LACRIMATION; MALE; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; NAUSEA; PHONOPHOBIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MENTHOL; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76349119224     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2009.02215.x     Document Type: Article

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