Anatomical variations in the circle of willis and migraine susceptibility: Is there an association?

Headache

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-152

  Schoonman, Guus G ^a   Van Oosterhout, W P J ^a   Ferrari, Michel D ^a   Van Der Grond, Jeroen ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIGRAINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

BRAIN; CAUSALITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 74249110152     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2009.01559.x     Document Type: Letter

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