Prevalence of patent foramen ovale in a large series of patients with migraine with aura, migraine without aura and cluster headache, and relationship with clinical phenotype

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 328-330

  Dalla Volta, Giorgio ^a   Guindani, Massimiliano ^a   Zavarise, Paolo ^a   Griffini, Simona ^a   Pezzini, Alessandro ^b   Padovani, Alessandro ^b  

^a Istituto Clinico Citta di Brescia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Migraine; Patent foramen ovale; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; CLUSTER HEADACHE; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 25144519137     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-005-0223-9     Document Type: Article

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