Headaches after concussion in US soldiers returning from Iraq or Afghanistan

Headache

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1262-1272

  Theeler, Brett J ^a   Flynn, Frederick G ^b   Erickson, Jay C ^c  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Madigan Traumatic Brain Injury Program   (United States)

^c MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

concussion; mild traumatic brain injury; military; posttraumatic headache

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; CAFFEINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCUSSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; WAR;

EID: 77956298967     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2010.01700.x     Document Type: Article

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