Brain white matter lesions in migraine: What's the meaning?

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Colombo, Bruno ^a   Libera, D Dalla ^a   Comi, G ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance; Magnetic resonance imaging; Migraine; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTOR; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 79960139754     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-011-0530-7     Document Type: Article

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