Painful scalp arteries in migraine

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 257, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1642-1647

  Cianchetti, Carlo ^a   Ledda, Maria Giuseppina ^a   Serci, Maria Celeste ^a   Madeddu, Francesco ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Migraine; Pain; Scalp arteries; Tender; Trigger

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP ARTERY PAIN; SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL ARTERY; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCALP; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SCALP; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952201629     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5582-8     Document Type: Article

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