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01-06-2010 | Chronic Migraine

Pathophysiology of migraine chronification

Authors: M. Aguggia, M. G. Saracco

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Special Issue 1/2010

Abstract

Migraine is a prevalent, disabling, undiagnosed and undertreated disease in neurological practice. It is a chronic, recurrent disorder with episodic manifestations that are progressive in some individuals with clinical, physiological and anatomical bases. Progression may be due to mechanisms generating the migraine attacks or to the activation generated by the attacks. Potentially remediable risk factors for chronification include frequency of migraine attacks, obesity, excessive use of medications, caffeine overuse, stressful life events, depression, sleep disorders and cutaneous allodynia.

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Title: Pathophysiology of migraine chronification
Authors: M. Aguggia
M. G. Saracco
Publication date: 01-06-2010
Publisher: Springer Milan
Published in: Neurological Sciences / Issue Special Issue 1/2010
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-010-0264-y

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