Assessment of acute headache in adults - what the general physician needs to know. [PDF]
Headache is common. Up to 5% of attendances to emergency departments and acute medical units are due to headache. Headache is classified as either primary (eg migraine, cluster headache) or secondary to another cause (eg meningitis, subarachnoid ...
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Pituitary adenylate-cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP). another novel target for treatment of primary headaches? [PDF]
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Ashina, Messoud, Martelletti, Paolo
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A Case Report and Overview of Familial Cerebral Cavernous Malformation Pathogenesis in an Adult Patient [PDF]
OBJECTIVE We present a case of a 39 year-old woman who presented with a solitary cavernous malformation hemorrhage without any other lesions, and subsequently presented several months later with a new hemorrhage from a de novo lesion.
Arul, BS, Manu K. +2 more
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In the practice of neurologists and therapists, patients with complaints of headache, increased fatigue, and irritability are common. The most frequent causes of headaches in ambulatory patients are primary headaches (migraine and tension headaches ...
V. A. Golovacheva, G. R. Tabeeva
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Clinical diagnosis and computer analysis of headache symptoms [PDF]
The headache histories obtained from clinical interviews of 600 patients were analysed by computer to see whether patients could be separated systematically into clinical categories and to see whether sets of symptoms commonly reported together differed ...
Drummond, P.D., Lance, J.W.
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Approach to a patient with a headache in the general practice setting [PDF]
Introduction: Headaches are defined as the pain localized above the orbital-meatal line. They are often underdiagnosed and undertreated. Objective: We wanted to find out how much general physicians (GPs) know about the diagnostic and treatment approach ...
Petrov-Kiurski Miloranka Đ. +1 more
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Central mechanisms of vascular headaches [PDF]
The intracranial blood vessels supplying the dura and brain are innervated by sensory afferents from the trigeminal nerve. These fibers are believed to be responsible for conveying the pain associated with vascular head pain such as migraines. This paper reviews recently published data describing the existence of neurons within the cat trigeminal ...
J O, Dostrovsky, K D, Davis, K, Kawakita
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A hypothetical proposal for association between migraine and Meniere's disease. [PDF]
Meniere's disease (MD) is a chronic condition affecting the inner ear whose precise etiology is currently unknown. We propose the hypothesis that MD is a migraine-related phenomenon which may have implications for future treatment options for both ...
Abouzari, Mehdi +3 more
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PACAP and migraine headache: immunomodulation of neural circuits in autonomic ganglia and brain parenchyma. [PDF]
The discovery that intravenous (IV) infusions of the neuropeptide PACAP-38 (pituitary adenylyl cyclase activating peptide-38) induced delayed migraine-like headaches in a large majority of migraine patients has resulted in considerable excitement in ...
Akerman, Simon +2 more
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Sturge-Weber Syndrome: A Case Report
Sturge-Weber syndrome is a rare congenital neurocutaneous syndrome with an incidence of 1 in 50000 characterised by facial capillary malformation and vascular anomalies in the brain and eye.
Sunil Timilsina +4 more
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