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Migraine triggered seizures and epilepsy triggered headache and migraine attacks: a need for re-assessment

Authors: Paul T. G. Davies, C. P. Panayiotopoulos

Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain | Issue 3/2011

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In this issue of the Journal, Belcastro and associates review terminology and classification issues for migralepsy, hemicrania epileptica, post-ictal and ictal headache [1]. They raise key points such as ictal headache and visual seizures are often misdiagnosed as migraine, “migralepsy” is unlikely to exist and an “epilepsy-migraine sequence” is much more common and well documented than the dominant view of a “migraine-epilepsy sequence”. Their relevant proposals need appropriate attention by the committee of the international classification of headache disorders (ICHD) as well as the physicians in their clinical practice because of the consequences that misdiagnosis may have on patients. …

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Title: Migraine triggered seizures and epilepsy triggered headache and migraine attacks: a need for re-assessment
Authors: Paul T. G. Davies
C. P. Panayiotopoulos
Publication date: 01-06-2011
Publisher: Springer Milan
Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain / Issue 3/2011
Print ISSN: 1129-2369
Electronic ISSN: 1129-2377
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10194-011-0344-2

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