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Efficacy of oxygen inhalation in sumatriptan refractory “high altitude” cluster headache attacks

We describe the case of a 40-year-old woman, affected by episodic cluster headache, who presented with a cluster headache triggered by exposure to high altitude. Her attacks were refractory to sumatriptan, very effective at sea level, but responded to oxygen. A pathophysiological mechanism is propos...

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Autores principales: Mampreso, Edoardo, Maggioni, Ferdinando, Viaro, Federica, Disco, Caterina, Zanchin, Giorgio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Milan 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3476216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19779957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-009-0160-0