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01-12-2014 | Meeting abstract
EHMTI-0024. The typical duration of migraine aura: a prospective diary-based study
Authors:
M Viana, M Linde, G Sances, N Ghiotto, E Guaschino, M Allena, G Nappi, PJ Goadsby, C Tassorelli
Published in:
The Journal of Headache and Pain
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Special Issue 1/2014
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Excerpt
In ICHD-IIIβ, non-hemiplegic migraine aura (NHMA) duration is considered normal when each symptom is no longer than one hour. A recent systematic review of the topic (Viana et al., 2013) did not find any article exclusively focusing on the duration of the aura. The pooled analysis of data from the literature on aura duration showed that visual symptoms lasting for more than one hour occurred in 6%–10% of patients, sensory symptoms in 14%–27% and dysphasic symptoms in 17%–60%. …