Migraine and circle of Willis anomalies

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 860-865

  Cucchiara, Brett ^a   Detre, John ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39949084485     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.05.057     Document Type: Article

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