Safety and efficacy of melatonin in pediatric migraine prophylaxis

Current Drug Safety

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 132-135

  Fallah, Razieh ^a   Shoroki, Fatemeh F ^a   Ferdosian, Farzad ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Child; Headache; Melatonin; Migraine; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; ANTIOXIDANT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSTIPATION; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY ASSESSMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDAS (MIGRAINE); MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930516874     PISSN: 15748863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1574886309666140605114614     Document Type: Article

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