Is chronic migraine one end of a spectrum of migraine or a separate entity?

Cephalalgia

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 597-605

  Aurora, S K ^a,b  

^a Swedish Headache Center   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic migraine; Epidemiology; Episodic migraine; Imaging; Neurophysiology

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ALLODYNIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEADACHE; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 65449166408     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01811.x     Document Type: Review

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