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How Migraine Presents

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Migraine is a very common disorder affecting millions of people globally, with significant personal and societal impact. Recognizing this disorder and the different ways in which it can present is crucial to treating patients appropriately and reducing the burden of the disease.

This chapter reviews migraine, its subtypes, and their presentations. The discussion encompasses diagnosis of migraine with and without aura, basilar-type migraine, hemiplegic migraine (both the inherited and sporadic forms), retinal migraine, and chronic migraine. Various presentations and complications are described, as well as what are believed to be childhood precursors to migraine.

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  1. The Headache Institute, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, 425 West 59th Street, Suite 4A, New York, NY, 10019, USA

    Dr. Susan W. Broner M.D.

  2. New York Headache Center, New York, NY, USA

    Lisa Yablon M.D.

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  1. Department of Medical and Molecular Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Paolo Martelletti

  2. Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

    Timothy J. Steiner

  3. Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Timothy J. Steiner

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Broner, S.W., Yablon, L. (2011). How Migraine Presents. In: Martelletti, P., Steiner, T.J. (eds) Handbook of Headache. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1700-9_15

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