Differences in treatment response between migraine with aura and migraine without aura: lessons from clinical practice and RCTs

• Published in: Journal of headache and pain Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 96 - 10
• Main Authors: Hansen, Jakob Møller, Charles, Andrew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Milan Springer Milan 06.09.2019; Springer Nature B.V; BMC
• Subjects: Brain - physiopathology; Clinical trials; Cortical Spreading Depression - physiology; Disabled Persons; Drug therapy; Functional anatomy; Headache; Humans; Internal Medicine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Migraine; Migraine aura; Migraine Aura - Current Understanding and Future Perspectives; Migraine treatment; Migraine with Aura - diagnosis; Migraine with Aura - physiopathology; Migraine with Aura - therapy; Migraine without Aura - diagnosis; Migraine without Aura - physiopathology; Migraine without Aura - therapy; Neuroimaging; Neurological disorders; Neurology; Pain Medicine; Patients; Public health; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - methods; Review; Review Article; Treatment Outcome; Clinical trials; Migraine aura; Review; Migraine; Migraine treatment

Migraine is a major public health problem afflicting approximately 10% of the general population and is a leading cause of disability worldwide, yet our understanding of the basis mechanisms of migraine remains incomplete. About a third of migraine patients have attacks with aura, consisting of tran...