migraine with aura

pathology
Also known as: common migraine

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  • The Migraine, coloured lithograph, 1823.
    In migraine: Migraine with aura

    About 20 to 30 percent of persons with migraine occasionally experience migraine with aura. Migraine aura is caused by cortical spreading depression, a neuroelectrical process in which abnormal neural activity migrates slowly across the surface of the brain. The pain is caused…

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