Migralepsy, hemicrania epileptica, post-ictal headache and "ictal epileptic headache": A proposal for terminology and classification revision

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-294

  Belcastro, Vincenzo ^a   Striano, Pasquale ^b   Kasteleijn Nolst Trenité, Dorotheè G A ^c   Villa, Maria Pia ^d   Parisi, Pasquale ^d  

^a SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; Hemicrania epileptica; Ictal epileptic headache; Migraine; Migralepsy; Status epilepticus; Status migrainosus

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC AURA; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HEMICRANIA EPILEPTICA; HUMAN; ICTAL EPILEPTIC HEADACHE; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRALEPSY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTICTAL HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINAL MIGRAINE; REVIEW; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; TENSION HEADACHE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 79958122801     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-011-0318-4     Document Type: Review

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