Hemicrania continua: towards a new classification?
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Hemicrania Continua.
Hearing the diagnosis of hemicrania continua can seem as if the medical provider is stating the obvious, because the name in Latin means that half of the head hurts. However, hemicrania continua is a unique type of headache, one that by definition responds to 1 medication, indomethacin. Hemicrania continua is usually referred to by its initials, HC. While HC is not seen as frequently as migrain...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Headache and Pain
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1129-2369,1129-2377
DOI: 10.1186/1129-2377-15-8