Is migraine a predictor for identifying patients at risk of stroke?

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 615-618

  Schürks, Markus ^a,b   Kurth, Tobias ^a,c,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

aura; cardiovascular disease; meta analysis; migraine; stroke

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE AURA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 79955669443     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.11.32     Document Type: Review

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