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Remission of refractory chronic cluster headache after warfarin administrations: case report
| Summary: | Isolated reports of a possible positive effect of anti-coagulant drugs, among them heparin, warfarin and acenocumarol, in migraine prophylaxis are found in the literature. We report the case of a 37 years old man suffering from refractory chronic cluster headache that presented remission with the administration of warfarin for the treatment of deep venous thrombosis associated to arterial thrombosis. We did not found any case like that in the literature. |
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| Main Authors: | Souza,Jano Alves de |
| Other Authors: | Moreira Filho,Pedro Ferreira; Jevoux,Carla da Cunha; Martins,Geraldo Fortuna; Pitombo,André Bettini |
| Subject: | cluster headache warfarin |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Document type: | article |
| Access type: | open access |
| Associated institution: | IBICT |
| Language: | English |
| Origin: | Oasisbr |
| Summary: | Isolated reports of a possible positive effect of anti-coagulant drugs, among them heparin, warfarin and acenocumarol, in migraine prophylaxis are found in the literature. We report the case of a 37 years old man suffering from refractory chronic cluster headache that presented remission with the administration of warfarin for the treatment of deep venous thrombosis associated to arterial thrombosis. We did not found any case like that in the literature. |
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