Triggers, symptoms, and treatment in two populations of migraneurs in Brazil and Spain. A cross-cultural study

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 25-28

  Carod Artal, Francisco Javier ^a   Ezpeleta, David ^b   Martín Barriga, María L ^b   Guerrero, Angel Luis ^c  

^a Virgen de la Luz Hospital   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Headache; Health care disparities; Migraine; Migraine treatment; Trigger factors

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIGRAINE; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SPAIN; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRIGGER POINT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BRAZIL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPTAMINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953322817     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.02.027     Document Type: Article

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