Gabapentin-responsive idiopathic stabbing headache

Cephalalgia

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 993-996

  Franca Jr M C ^a   Costa, A L C ^a   Maciel Jr , Jayme A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Idiopathic stabbing headache; Treatment; Young patients

Indexed keywords

FLUNARIZINE; GABAPENTIN; INDOMETACIN; PROPRANOLOL; ROFECOXIB; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC STABBING HEADACHE; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINES; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEADACHE; HUMANS;

EID: 8144231438     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2004.00791.x     Document Type: Article

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