Migraine and cerebral infarct-like lesions on MRI: An observation, not a disease

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2594-2595

  Kurth, Tobias ^a,b,c   Tzourio, Christophe ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; BRAIN; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 67649211751     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.933     Document Type: Editorial

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