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A case of strictly unilateral migraine without aura transformed in an episodic hemicrania continua

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According to the diagnostic criteria of International Headache Society classification, hemicrania continua is a strictly unilateral continuous headache of moderate intensity with painful exacerbations associated with ipsilateral autonomic signs without pain-free periods. We report a case of a 42-year-old woman suffered of a remitting form of hemicrania continua evolved from a strictly unilateral migraine without aura.

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  1. Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Ugo Foscolo 7, 40123, Bologna, Italy

    Rossana Terlizzi, Sabina Cevoli, Marianna Nicodemo, Giulia Pierangeli, Daniela Grimaldi & Pietro Cortelli

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Terlizzi, R., Cevoli, S., Nicodemo, M. et al. A case of strictly unilateral migraine without aura transformed in an episodic hemicrania continua. Neurol Sci 32, 169–170 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-010-0418-y

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