Migraine and the risk of cervical artery dissection: a case-control study.

Tzourio, C; Benslamia, L; Guillon, B; Aïdi, S; Bertrand, M; Berthet, K; Bousser, M G · Neurology · 2002

case_control · Level III

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Abstract

The association between migraine and cervical artery dissection (CAD) was explored in a hospital-based case-control study. Migraine was present in 49.1% (23/47) of patients with CAD and in 21% (11/52) of patients hospitalized for a cerebral ischemic event not related to a CAD (adjusted odds ratio = 3.6; 1.5 to 8.6, p = 0.005). This result supports the hypothesis that an underlying arterial wall disease could be a predisposing condition for migraine.

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