C-reactive protein in migraine sufferers similar to that of non-migraineurs: The Reykjavik Study

Cephalalgia

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1301-1310

  Gudmundsson, L S ^a   Aspelund, T ^a   Scher, A I ^b   Thorgeirsson, G ^a,c   Johannsson, M ^a   Launer, L J ^d,e   Gudnason, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^d Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

C reactive protein (hs CRP); Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Inflammation; Migraine

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VASCULITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549152655     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2009.01865.x     Document Type: Article

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