Migralepsy: Is the Current Definition Too Narrow?

Autor: Maggioni, Ferdinando, Mampreso, Edoardo, Ruffatti, Silvia, Viaro, Federica, Lunardelli, Viviana, Zanchin, Giorgio
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Zdroj: Headache: The Journal of Head & Face Pain; Jul/Aug2008, Vol. 48 Issue 7, p1129-1132, 4p
Abstrakt: The relationship between epilepsy and migraine is complex and remains to be determined. We report 3 cases that address 2 questions on this topic. The first and second cases showed an association between migraine without aura and the onset of epileptic seizures. The third case report describes a patient in whom migraine with aura occurred and was followed by the development of status epilepticus, which occurred 2 or 3 hours after the attack of migraine with aura. We discuss the present definition of migralepsy and reassess its definition by suggesting possible extensions to its current definition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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