Ictal epileptic headache: An old story with courses and appeals

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 607-613

  Parisi, Pasquale ^a   Striano, Pasquale ^b   Negro, Andrea ^a,c   Martelletti, Paolo ^a   Belcastro, Vincenzo ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical spreading depression; Epilepsy; Headache; Ictal epileptic headache; Migraine

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; ICTAL EPILEPTIC HEADACHE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPIKE; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; SYMPTOM;

ANIMALS; CORTICAL SPREADING DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMANS;

EID: 84870362746     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-012-0485-y     Document Type: Review

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