Short Communications Cerebral Blood Flow Asymmetries in Headache-Free Migraineurs
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Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) asymmetries were studied in controls and patients with common and classic/complicated migraine using Xe inhalation with 8 homologously situated external collimators over each cerebral hemisphere. Migraine patients as a group more frequently had posterior rCBF asymmetries than controls (p<0.03). Although there were no differences in the number of anterior rCBF asymmetries, migraine patients had 2 or more asymmetric probe pairs more often than controls (p<0.02). The posterior rCBF asymmetries, consistent with the site of activation of many migraine attacks, may be related to more labile control of the cerebral circulation. (Stroke 1987; 18:1164-1165)
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Cerebral blood flow asymmetries in headache-free migraineurs.
Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) asymmetries were studied in controls and patients with common and classic/complicated migraine using 133Xe inhalation with 8 homologously situated external collimators over each cerebral hemisphere. Migraine patients as a group more frequently had posterior rCBF asymmetries than controls (p less than 0.03). Although there were no differences in the number of ...
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