ABSTRACT
Migraine aura without headache should be considered as a diagnosis in anyone who has recurrent episodes of transient symptoms, especially those that are visual or neurological or involve vertigo. Visual and neurological symptoms due to migraine are not unusual and most commonly occur in older persons with a history of migraine headaches. Migraine aura without headache should be diagnosed only when transient ischemic attack and seizure disorders have been excluded.
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- Robert S. Kunkel, MD⇑
- Consultant, Headache Center, Department of Neurology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation This paper discusses therapies that are experimental or that are not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the use under discussion.
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Robert S. Kunkel, MD, FACP, Headache Center, Department of Neurology, T33, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail kunkelr{at}ccf.org.
ABSTRACT
Migraine aura without headache should be considered as a diagnosis in anyone who has recurrent episodes of transient symptoms, especially those that are visual or neurological or involve vertigo. Visual and neurological symptoms due to migraine are not unusual and most commonly occur in older persons with a history of migraine headaches. Migraine aura without headache should be diagnosed only when transient ischemic attack and seizure disorders have been excluded.
- Copyright © 2005 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. All Rights Reserved.