Migraine and ischemic stroke: A debated question

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1399-1421

  Del Zotto, Elisabetta ^a,b   Pezzini, Alessandro ^b   Giossi, Alessia ^b   Volonghi, Irene ^b   Padovani, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Ischemic stroke; Migraine; Migrainous infarction

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; MONOGENIC DISORDER; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN INFARCTION; CADASIL; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MELAS SYNDROME; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 48749129353     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2008.36     Document Type: Review

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