Epilepsy and migraine
Evidence-based neurology checklist on epilepsy and migraine: The relationship between epilepsy and migraine Both have paroxysmal symptoms A quarter of people with epilepsy have co-existent migraine Epilepsy may manifest with post-ictal headache Epilepsy has shared genetics with migraine The…
The relationship between epilepsy and migraine
- Both have paroxysmal symptoms
- A quarter of people with epilepsy have co-existent migraine
- Epilepsy may manifest with post-ictal headache
- Epilepsy has shared genetics with migraine
The similarities between epilepsy and migraine
Differences between epilepsy and migraine
Migralepsy
Ictal epileptic headache (IEH)
References
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- Panayiotopoulos CP. Differentiating occipital epilepsies from migraine with aura, acephalgic migraine and basilar migraine. In Panayiotopoulos CP (Ed). Benign Childhood Partial Seizures and Related Epileptic Syndromes. John Libbey & Company Ltd London. pp281-302.
- Sheikh Z, Georgsson H, Marks D. Pearls & Oy-sters: Hemicrania epileptica: unfolding the mystery of an unremitting migraine. Neurology 2015; 85:e190-e192.
- Hareem A, Pahlavanzadeh M, Calvo NE, Monjazeb S, Anyanwu C. Case report: An EEG captured case of migralepsy/migraine aura-triggered seizures. Front Neurol 2022; 13:953224.
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