Cluster headache: Diagnosis and treatment

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-185

  Halker, Rashmi ^a   Vargas, Bert ^a   Dodick, David W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster headache; Deep brain stimulation; Occipital nerve stimulation; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BUPIVACAINE; CAPSAICIN; CLONIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE MESILATE; DILTIAZEM; ERGOTAMINE TARTRATE; FLUNARIZINE; GABAPENTIN; HISTAMINE; INDOMETACIN; LIDOCAINE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MELATONIN; METHYLPHENIDATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYSERGIDE; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; SUMATRIPTAN; TIZANIDINE; TOPIRAMATE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VALPROIC ACID; VERAPAMIL; ZOLMITRIPTAN;

ATAXIA; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER HEADACHE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTIPATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PANCREATITIS; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE; THROMBOCYTE DYSFUNCTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANALGESIA; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRYPTAMINES;

EID: 77950529753     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: 10989021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1249226     Document Type: Review

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