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Papers: 13 Jul 2019 - 19 Jul 2019


Human Studies

PAIN TYPE:
Migraine/Headache


2019 Aug 13


Neurology


93


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Microstructural white matter changes preceding white matter hyperintensities in migraine.

Authors

Arkink EB, Palm-Meinders IH, Koppen H, Milles J, van Lew B, Launer LJ, Hofman PAM, Terwindt GM, van Buchem MA, Ferrari MD, Kruit MC
Neurology. 2019 Aug 13; 93(7):e688-e694.
PMID: 31296653.

Abstract

We used magnetization transfer imaging to assess white matter tissue integrity in migraine, to explore whether white matter microstructure was more diffusely affected beyond visible white matter hyperintensities (WMHs), and to explore whether focal invisible microstructural changes precede visible focal WMHs in migraineurs.