Small deep white matter lesions are associated with right-to-left shunts in migraineurs

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 427-433

  Park, Hee Kwon ^b   Lee, Seo Young ^a   Kim, Seong Eun ^a   Yun, Chang Ho ^b   Kim, Sung Hun ^a  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Migraine; Paradoxical embolism; Right to left shunts; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SIZE; DEEP WHITE MATTER LESION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE AURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953791261     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5771-5     Document Type: Article

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