Migraine aura without headache: Prevalence and risk factors in a primary eye care population

Optometry

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 381-385

  Fleming, Joseph B ^a   Amos, John F ^a   Desmond, Renee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acephaglic migraine; Epidemiology; Migraine aura without headache; Migraine equivalent; Ophthalmic migraine; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0039259240     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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