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Vestibular migraine (VM) describes the condition of episodic vertigo occurring in patients with a history of migraine or other clinical manifestations of migraine. Other terms that have been used nearly interchangeably with vestibular migraine include migrainous vertigo, migraine-associated vertigo, migraine-related vestibulopathy, benign recurrent vertigo, and benign paroxysmal vertigo of childhood.

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Cox, M.D., Norton, J.A., Dornhoffer, J.L. (2018). Vestibular Migraine. In: Suen, J., Petersen, E. (eds) Diagnosis and Management of Head and Face Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90999-8_22

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