Migraine and enuresis in children: An unusual correlation?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 120-122

  Carotenuto, M ^a   Esposito, M ^a   Pascotto, Antonio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEADACHE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SLEEP DISORDER;

CHILD; ENURESIS; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 77953358033     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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