Initial use of a novel noninvasive vagus nerve stimulator for cluster headache treatment

Neurology

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1249-1253

  Nesbitt, Alexander D ^a,c   Marin, Juana C A ^a,b   Tompkins, Esther ^d   Ruttledge, Martin H ^d   Goadsby, Peter J ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYSERGIDE; OXYGEN; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC CLUSTER HEADACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG THERAPY; EPISODIC CLUSTER HEADACHE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTED VAGUS NERVE STIMULATOR; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN STUDY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER HEADACHE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84925437310     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001394     Document Type: Article

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