Aura in Cluster Headache: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aura symptoms have been reported in up to 23% of cluster headache patients, but it is not known whether clinical characteristics are different in participants with and without aura.

Methods

Using validated web-based questionnaires we assessed the presence and characteristics of attack-related aura and other clinical features in 629 subjects available for analysis from an initial cohort of 756 cluster headache subjects. Participants who screened positive for aura were contacted by telephone for confirmation of the ICHD-III criteria for aura.

Results

Typical aura symptoms before or during cluster headache attacks were found in 44/629 participants (7.0%) mainly involving visual symptoms (61.4%). Except for lower alcohol consumption and higher prevalence of fro

SUBMITTER: de Coo IF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6220953 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature