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Impact of migraine on a personal and societal level

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Migraine: A Neuroinflammatory Disease?

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Abstract

Migraine is a common, temporarily disabling, episodic disorder that affects about 28 million adults in the United States [1]. The World Health Organization classified a severe migraine attack requiring bed rest as one of the most disabling of the 30 diseases considered [2]. However, even between attacks, migraineurs live in fear that the next attack could disrupt their work, social, or family responsibilities. Thus, there is likely to be some large, but unstudied, chronic disability associated with migraine even between attacks.

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  1. National Institutes of Health, Neuroepidemiology Branch/NINDS, 10 Center Drive, 55220, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

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  2. Headache Unit, Department of Neurology, FundaciĂłn Hospital AlcorcĂłn Juan Carlos I University, Madrid, Spain

    Margarita Sánchez del Río

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Scher, A.I., Lipton, R.B., Stewart, W.F. (2002). Impact of migraine on a personal and societal level. In: Spierings, E.L.H., Sánchez del Río, M. (eds) Migraine: A Neuroinflammatory Disease?. Progress in Inflammation Research. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8131-9_2

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