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[Platelet function in tension headache]
R Leira1, J Castillo, A Castro
1Servicio de Neurología, Hospital General de Galicia Clínico Universitario, Santiago de Compostela.
Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain)
|March 1, 1990
Abstract:
The possibility of abnormal platelet function in patients with tension headache was evaluated with serial plasmatic measurements of serotonin, beta-thromboglobulin and platelet factor 4. In 40 patients with tension headache we found increased serotonin, thromboglobulin and platelet factor 4 levels during the painful phases as compared with the asymptomatic phases. These data might indicate that an increased platelet aggregation plays some role in the pathogenesis of tension headache.