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Current Pain and Headache Reports
Published in: Current Pain and Headache Reports 10/2013

01-10-2013 | Migraine (R Cowan, Section Editor)

Why Do Migraines Often Decrease As We Age?

Author: Frederick G. Freitag

Published in: Current Pain and Headache Reports | Issue 10/2013

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Abstract

Migraine undergoes both an evolving state in the formative years but also has a remitting state which bears resemblance to the former. Underlying genetics may contribute to the initiating sequence for these processes but the patient’s lifetime environment may influence the expression of the disease. Systems rarely thought of in terms of neurologic disease such as the inflammatory system may have significant contributions to modulating this process and accounting for the clinical presentation of migraine.
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Metadata
Title
Why Do Migraines Often Decrease As We Age?
Author
Frederick G. Freitag
Publication date
01-10-2013
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Pain and Headache Reports / Issue 10/2013
Print ISSN: 1531-3433
Electronic ISSN: 1534-3081
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-013-0366-3

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