Long-term outcome of migraine therapy: predictive value of the frontotemporal nitroglycerin test |
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Authors: | S Bonuso E Di Stasio E Marano S de Angelis D Amato T Scellini G Caruso |
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Affiliation: | Clinica Neurologica, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy. |
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Abstract: | We evaluated whether type of response to the migraine-induction test with a nitroglycerin ointment applied to the frontotemporal head region could predict the efficacy of antimigraine therapy. Forty-two patients with migraine without aura underwent the test before and 2 months after antimigraine therapy. Two and 4 months after treatment withdrawal, most subjects with a negative response to the post-treatment test maintained treatment benefit, whereas benefit was lost in patients with an early onset migraine response. |
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