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High-dose intravenous methylprednisolone for the prophylactic treatment of cluster headache

BACKGROUND: Triptans are effective for immediate relief of episodic cluster headache (CH) but do not reduce the frequency of attacks. Intravenous bolus injection of corticosteroids like methylprednisolone (MP) has been reported to decrease the frequency of CH attacks. We validated the prophylactic e...

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Autores principales: Kawada, Sanami, Kashihara, Kenichi, Imamura, Takaki, Ohno, Manabu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing AG 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23667809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-2-156