Migraine

The many manifestations of migraine can vary dramatically from one patient to another, even within the same patient at different times. Among the most compelling and perplexing of these symptoms are the strange visual hallucinations and distortions of space, time, and body image which migraineurs so...

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Main Author: Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, 1999.
Edition:1st Vintage books ed., rev. and expanded.
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505 0 |a Common migraine -- Migraine equivalents -- Migraine aura and classical migraine -- Migrainous neuralgia ("cluster headache"), hemiplegic migraine, ophthalmoplegic migraine, pseudo-migraine -- The structure of migraine -- The predisposition to migraine -- Periodic and paroxysmal migraines -- Circumstantial migraine -- Situational migraine -- Physiological mechanisms of migraine -- The physiological organisation of migraines -- Biological approaches to migraine -- Psychological approaches to migraine -- General measures in the management of migraine -- Specific measures during and between attacks -- Recent advances in the treatment of migraine -- Migraine aura and hallucinatory constants / with Ralph M. Siegel. 
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