Hypnic Headache
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Hypnic headache
INTRODUCTION Hypnic headache is a rare episodic headache syndrome fi rst described by Raskin in 1988. It has also been called ‘clockwise headache’ or ‘alarm-clock headache’ (Newman et al. 1990). More than 80 similar cases have been reported and our recent systematic review of all published cases described the typical clinical picture and treatment options (Evers & Goadsby 2003). Characteristica...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Practical Neurology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1474-7758,1474-7766
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-7766.2005.00301.x