Intravenous dexaniethasone versus morphine in relieving of acute migraine headache

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 682-687

  Taheraghdam, A A ^a   Amiri, H ^b   Shojaan, H ^a   Shamsvahdati, S ^a   Houshyar, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dexamefhasone; Headache; Migraine; Morphine; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIGRAINE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84857168646     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2011.682.687     Document Type: Article

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