Re-evaluation of the relationship between migraine and persistent foramen ovale and other right-to-left shunts

Clinical Science

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 365-367

  Wilmshurst, Peter ^a   Pearson, Matthew ^a   Nightingale, Simon ^a  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Contrast echocardiography; Decompression illness; Migraine; Persistent foramen ovale; Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula

Indexed keywords

DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVER; EVALUATION; HEADACHE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; LETTER; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA;

EID: 17144401476     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20040338     Document Type: Letter

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