background: the prevalence of migraine headaches significantly increased in girls after menarche. this indicated that there is a closely relation between hormonal changes especially the estrogen level with migraine headaches. objectives: the aim of this work was to determine the frequency of migraine and its associated factors in medical students affected with premenstrual syndrome (pms). mater...

how to cite this article: nejad biglari h, karimzadeh p, mohammadi kord-kheyli m, hashemi sm. migraine types and triggering factors in children. iran j  child neurol 2012;6(2):33-38. objective migraine is a common problem in children and the mean prevalence of migraine in europe among 170,000 adults was 14.7% (8% in men and 17.6% in women) and in children and youth (36,000 participants), the pr...

background: obesity seems to be associated to migraine headache. increase in body fat, especially in gluteofemoral region, elevates adiponectin and leptin secretion which in turn impair inflammatory processes that could be contributing to migraine risk. this study was designed to assess the relationship between body composition and risk of migraine for the first time. methods: in this cross-sec...

objective this study was conducted to evaluate the preventive effect of lamotringine on migraine aura and migraine attacks in children, afflicted with classic migraine. material & methods conducted between october 2005 and april 2008 in the neurology clinic of kashani hospital,  shahrekord, this study was a clinical trial, aimed at evaluating the prophylactic effects of lamotringine administere...

background: menstrual migraine (mm) is a subgroup of migraine headache that affect the quality of life of patients in menstrual age. iron deficiency anemia (ida) is the most common cause of anemia, especially in women of reproductive age. objectives: to determine the association of iron deficiency anemia with menstrual migraine. materials and methods: this descriptive-analytic study was conduct...

migraine is a neurologic disease, which often is associated with a unilateral headache. vestibular abnormalities are common in migraine. vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (vemps) assess otolith function in particular functional integrity of the saccule and the inferior vestibular nerve. we used vemp to evaluate if the migraine headache can affect vemp asymmetry parameters. a total of 25 pat...

context migraine is a kind of primary headache that affects 10% to 20% of people worldwide. recent studies have shown that migraines can be involved in strokes incidences, especially ischemic strokes.hence, the current study aimed to review evidence in relation to migraine and risk of stroke. evidence acquisition a literature search was done for related articles dated between 1993 and 2013 on p...

Background: Menstrual Migraine (MM) is a subgroup of migraine headache that affect the quality of life of patients in menstrual age. Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) is the most common cause of anemia, especially in women of reproductive age. Objectives: To determine the association of iron deficiency anemia with menstrual migraine. Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was c...

Background: Migraine is a most common, progressive and sometimes incapacitating disorder. Symptoms of migraine may include nausea, vomiting, photophobia (sensitivity to light), phonophobia sound) usually short period visual disruption occur. Objective: To find the prevalence among headache patient in Muzaffarabad. Methods: Cross-sectional study design, 700 patients with were recruited measured ...

background: headache is one of the most disturbing symptoms with common neurological signs. variations in optic nerve perfusion quality or retinal microcirculation may end up in ganglion cell damage in patients with migraine. methods: sixty patients diagnosed with migraine and thirty normal individuals were evaluated in groups including migraine with aura, migraine without aura and controls. re...