Migralepsy: A call for a revision of the definition

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2487-2496

  Sances, Grazia ^a   Guaschino, Elena ^a   Perucca, Piero ^a   Allena, Marta ^a   Ghiotto, Natascia ^a   Manni, Raffaele ^a  

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Migraine; Migralepsy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 70350359060     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02265.x     Document Type: Article

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