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Abstract
The symptom of PAIN in the cranial region. It may be an isolated benign occurrence or manifestation of a wide variety of HEADACHE DISORDERS.
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57 entry terms
- Cephalalgia
- Cephalgia
- Cephalodynia
- Cranial Pain
- Head Pain
- Cephalalgias
- Cephalgias
- Cephalodynias
- Cranial Pains
- Head Pains
- Headaches
- Pain, Cranial
- Pain, Head
- Pains, Cranial
- Pains, Head
- Bilateral Headache
- Generalized Headache
- Hemicrania
- Ocular Headache
- Orthostatic Headache
- Periorbital Headache
- Retro-Ocular Headache
- Sharp Headache
- Throbbing Headache
- Unilateral Headache
- Vertex Headache
- Bilateral Headaches
- Generalized Headaches
- Headache, Bilateral
- Headache, Generalized
- Headache, Ocular
- Headache, Orthostatic
- Headache, Periorbital
- Headache, Retro-Ocular
- Headache, Sharp
- Headache, Throbbing
- Headache, Unilateral
- Headache, Vertex
- Headaches, Bilateral
- Headaches, Generalized
- Headaches, Ocular
- Headaches, Orthostatic
- Headaches, Periorbital
- Headaches, Retro-Ocular
- Headaches, Sharp
- Headaches, Throbbing
- Headaches, Unilateral
- Headaches, Vertex
- Ocular Headaches
- Orthostatic Headaches
- Periorbital Headaches
- Retro Ocular Headache
- Retro-Ocular Headaches
- Sharp Headaches
- Throbbing Headaches
- Unilateral Headaches
- Vertex Headaches
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35 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
HEADACHE DISORDERS and specifics are also available but do not diagnose: use word of text
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History Note
2006 (1963); for HEMICRANIA use MIGRAINE 1963-2005
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WL 342
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Headache. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006261. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006261
- Headache. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headache
- Headache. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86