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R Cerbo

Publications and source records attributed to R Cerbo.

At least 55 records · Page 3Linked to original sources
PubMed1983

Post-traumatic headache: neuropsychological and clinical aspects.

Seventy patients suffering from post-traumatic headache were studied. Pain characteristics, personality and intellectual functions were assessed to be related to cranial trauma. No evident signs of brain damage were present, but an impairment related to pain in personal adjustment and well-being reducing work and study capabilities was identified. A psychopathological condition described as anxiety with somatizations and conversion mechanisms was found and when compared with the psychopathological characteristics from a group of common headache patients no differences were obtained between the two groups. DSM III diagnostic possibilities for post-traumatic headache patients were discussed.

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PubMed1982

[Double-blind trial of tiapride versus placebo in patients with sub-perennial idiopathic headache].

25 patients with sub-perennial idiopathic headache were given tiapride or a placebo in a double-blind controlled trial, over thirteen weeks. Tiapride was given orally in a dosage of 300 mg per day. Blood was drawn in 10 patients and 10 healthy controls for blood prolactin determination. No significant side-effects were recorded during the trial. Statistical analysis of the results is reported. Tiapride proved effective in reducing the frequency of headache (in 65% of patients), with an improvement rate which was statistically significant in comparison to the placebo. The drug seems to improve the headache index itself, although the difference was not statistically significant; however, the number of patients was small.

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