Association of migraine headaches with anatomical variations of the circle of willis: Evidence from a meta-analysis

Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 272-277

  Henry, Brandon Michael ^a   Roy, Joyeeta ^a   Ramakrishnan, Piravin Kumar ^a   Vikse, Jens ^a   Tomaszewski, Krzysztof A ^a   Walocha, Jerzy A ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cerebral arterial circle; Circle of Willis; Migraine; Willis Polygon

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; PREVALENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CIRCLE OF WILLIS; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY;

CIRCLE OF WILLIS; HUMANS; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA;

EID: 84940109102     PISSN: 00283843     EISSN: 18974260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pjnns.2015.06.002     Document Type: Article

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