Headache in Pregnancy

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 835-866

  MacGregor, E Anne ^a,b  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eclampsia; Headache; Menstrual migraine; Migraine; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALMOTRIPTAN; AMITRIPTYLINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUTALBITAL; CODEINE; CYCLIZINE; DICLOFENAC; DOMPERIDONE; ELETRIPTAN; ESTROGEN; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; MEFENAMIC ACID; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; NAPROXEN; NARATRIPTAN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISONE; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROMETHAZINE; SUMATRIPTAN; TRAMADOL; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLUSTER HEADACHE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG LABELING; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LACTATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE AURA; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; NEONATAL HEMORRHAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; SECONDARY HEADACHE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STROKE; TENSION HEADACHE; TERATOGENICITY; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84864315548     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: 15579875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2012.04.001     Document Type: Review

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