Correlation between essential tremor and migraine headache.

Biary, N; Koller, W; Langenberg, P · J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry · 1990

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

The relationship between essential tremor (ET) and migraine was investigated in a prospective study. In a group of 74 ET patients 36.5% had migraine compared with 17.7% of 102 control subjects without tremor. In a group of 58 patients with migraine 17.2% had ET compared with 1.2% of 85 controls without migraine. The prevalence of ET in migraine controls was greater than controls without migraine (22% compared with 1%; p = 0.002). It is concluded that there is an association between essential tremor and migraine.

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