Symptomatic migraine and pontine vascular malformation: Evidence for a key role of the brainstem in the pathophysiology of chronic migraine

Cephalalgia

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 763-766

  Obermann, M ^a   Gizewski, E R ^a   Limmroth, V ^a   Diener, H C ^a   Katsarava, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PONS;

EID: 33745201565     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2006.01102.x     Document Type: Article

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