Migraine and hypercoagulability, are they related? A clinical study of thrombophilia in children with migraine

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-351

  Kutai, Miriam ^a   Raviv, Ravit ^a   Levin, Carina ^a,b   Hugeirat, Yaser ^a   Shalev, Stavit ^a,b   Zalman, Luci ^a   Koren, Ariel ^a,b  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; F2 G20210A; F5 A1691G; Migraine; Thrombophilia

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; BASILAR TYPE MIGRAINE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEMIPLEGIC MIGRAINE; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; LETTER; MALE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MUTATION; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 78651337587     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2010.08464.x     Document Type: Letter

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