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Migraine attacks, aura, and polycythemia: a vasculoneural pathogenesis?

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Headache is a frequent symptom of polycythemia. A case study of a polycythemia vera patient affected by migraines, with and without aura, who developed headache attacks with aura in association with elevated haematocrit and haemoglobin levels is presented. A vasculoneural pathogenesis is supposed.

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  1. Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Bologna, via Ugo Foscolo no. 7, 40123, Bologna, Italy

    Michelangelo Stanzani Maserati

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Stanzani Maserati, M. Migraine attacks, aura, and polycythemia: a vasculoneural pathogenesis?. J Neural Transm 118, 545–547 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-010-0538-9

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