Imaging results in a consecutive series of 530 new patients in the Birmingham Headache Service

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 257, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1274-1278

  Clarke, C E ^a,b   Edwards, J ^b   Nicholl, D J ^a,b   Sivaguru, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Headache; Imaging; Migraine; Tension type headache

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CLUSTER HEADACHE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTESTINE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIGRAINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; STROKE; TENSION HEADACHE; TRIGEMINAL AUTONOMIC CEPHALALGIA; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 77955918649     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5506-7     Document Type: Article

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