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Late onset and early onset aura: the same disorder

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Late onset aura (LOA) is usually considered benign but raises diagnostic uncertainties. We compared individuals with LOA (>45 years of age at aura onset) with those of early onset (EOA) in clinical features, vascular risk factors and imaging, in a retrospective study design including patients with migraine aura and age >44 years at first visit. In 77 cases (51 EOA and 26 LOA), no differences were found in gender distribution, family or personal history of migraine without aura, type of aura symptoms or imaging findings. LOA patients' were more likely to not fulfil all ICHD-II aura criteria and to lack headache. This data suggest that LOA and EOA are overall identical but there are differences in presentation that deserve a better characterization by a prospective study.

Source: The Journal of Headache and Pain

DOI: 10.1007/s10194-012-0419-8

Authors: Isabel Pavão Martins, Tomás Goucha, Ines Mares, Ana Filipa Antunes

Institutions: Hospital de Santa Maria, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, University of Lisbon

Language: English

Topic: Migraine and Headache Studies

Subfield: Clinical Neurology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,990