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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:6-11 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.1.6
  • Nosological entities?

Thunderclap headache

  1. D W Dodick
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr D W Dodick, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 13400 East Shea Boulevard, Scottsdale, Arizona 85259, USA;
 dodick.david{at}mayo.edu
  • Received 8 January 2001
  • Accepted 19 September 2001
  • Revised 29 August 2001

Abstract

The aim is to review the background underlying the debate related to the alternative nomenclatures for and the most appropriate diagnostic evaluation of patients with thunderclap headache. The clinical profile and differential diagnosis of thunderclap headache is described, and a nosological framework and diagnostic approach to this group of patients is proposed.

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