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Prevalence and clinical profile of migraine with aura in a cohort of young patients with stroke: a preliminary retrospective analysis

Authors: Claudia Altamura, Angelo Cascio Rizzo, Paola Maggio, Giovanna Viticchi, Matteo Paolucci, Nicoletta Brunelli, Gianluca Cecchi, Fabrizio Fiacco, Mauro Silvestrini, Fabrizio Vernieri

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Special Issue 1/2019

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Subjects with migraine with aura (MA) have been consistently reported to present an increased risk for stroke that can be explained by a number of pathogenetic mechanisms including paradoxical embolism via patent foramen ovale (PFO), increased prevalence of thrombophilia, endothelial dysfunction, and a theorized cerebral hemodynamic impairment. [1] However, it has not been described with any clinical phenotype of Migraine with Aura that associated to this augmented stroke risk. …

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Title: Prevalence and clinical profile of migraine with aura in a cohort of young patients with stroke: a preliminary retrospective analysis
Authors: Claudia Altamura
Angelo Cascio Rizzo
Paola Maggio
Giovanna Viticchi
Matteo Paolucci
Nicoletta Brunelli
Gianluca Cecchi
Fabrizio Fiacco
Mauro Silvestrini
Fabrizio Vernieri
Publication date: 01-05-2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Migraine
Stroke
Aura
Published in: Neurological Sciences / Issue Special Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-019-03815-5

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