Post-infectious new daily persistent headache may respond to intravenous methylprednisolone

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-66

  Prakash, Sanjay ^a,b   Shah, Nilima D ^a  

^a Baroda Medical College   (India)

^b Medical College ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Chronic daily headache; Corticosteroids; Headache; Methyl prednisolone; New daily persistent headache; Post infectious illness

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AZITHROMYCIN; CETIRIZINE; DOSULEPIN; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NAPROXEN; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISOLONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTRITIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; NEW DAILY PERSISTENT HEADACHE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNGITIS; PHONOPHOBIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; STOMACH DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROIDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149137067     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-009-0171-x     Document Type: Article

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