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Potential source of cerebral embolism in migraine with aura

Gian Paolo Anzola, Mauro Magoni, M Guindani, Luca Rozzini, Giorgio Dalla Volta

Neurology · 1999 · 474 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

Patency of the foramen ovale is associated with migraine with aura but not with migraine without aura. The increased risk of stroke found in epidemiologic studies in patients with migraine with aura may be explained by an increased propensity to paradoxical cerebral embolism.

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