Migraine and allergy: A review and clinical update

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 240-245

  Mehle, Mark E ^a  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Epidemiology; Food allergy; IgG; Mechanisms; Migraine; Muscle contraction headache; Sinus headache; Trigger

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CINNARIZINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MONTELUKAST; NARCOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FOOD ALLERGY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MIGRAINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SINUS HEADACHE;

CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 84861235151     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: 15346315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-012-0251-x     Document Type: Review

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