Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran
مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Med J Islam Repub Iran
Medical Sciences
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir
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journal2
1016-1430
2251-6840
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10.18869/mjiri
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8888
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jalali
1384
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gregorian
2005
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EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH HEMIPLEGIC MIGRAINE IN MACKENZIE HEADACHE CLINIC
Neurology
Neurology
Original Research: Clinical Science
Original Research: Clinical Science
Background: The sporadic type of Hemiplegic Migraine (HM) is sometimes
observed among migrainous patients (MP) and mimics ischemic strokes.
Methods: In an evaluation of two-hundred consecutive adult MP in the Mackenzie
headache clinic, Canada during 2004 , 9% of the patients met the criteria established
by the International Headache Society for sporadic HM. Female to male sex ratio,
family history of migraine, frequency of epileptic seizures, migraine status and migraine
aura without headache were investigated in the HM group and compared with other
MP. The relationship between side of hemiplegia and distribution of head pain was also
evaluated.
Results: All of these clinical dimensions were significantly more common in the
HM group than in the other MP. All of the patients with HM had other types of aura.
Hemiplegia was often ipsilateral to the side of the headache. These results highlight the
importance of documenting the side of hemiplegia in relation to the headache side, as
well as determining the history of seizures in HM patients.
Conclusion: This study supports the argument that migraine is a disease which
may appear with different or mixed presentations in each episode.
Hemiplegic, Migraine, Sporadic
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KAVIAN
GHANDEHARI
kavianghandehari@yahoo.com
20031947532846003386
20031947532846003386
Yes
Department of Neurology, Southern Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
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