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Migraine in the Elderly

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Despite in the majority of patients migraine completely stops after the age of 50, in some subjects migraine persists with more or less typical symptoms. This chapter illustrates two migraine outcomes in the late age: severe persistence and “headless’ migraine – late-life migrainous accompaniment. It is stressed that migraine after the age of 50 is often misdiagnosed and mistreated. Migraine outcomes in the elder age are summarized. Differential diagnosis in the elderly migraineurs, clinical predictors of migraine evolution in the elderly as well as key factors leading to migraine persistence after 50 are being discussed.

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  1. Department of Neurology, “Ivan Sechenov” First Moscow Medical University, Rossolimo, 11, Moscow, 119021, Russia

    Vera V. Osipova MD, Elena Snopkova MD, PhD & Guzyal Tabeeva MD

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Correspondence to Vera V. Osipova MD .

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  1. Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Aksel Siva

  2. Headache Medical Center Seilerstaette Linz, Hospital Sisters of Charity, Linz, Austria

    Christian Lampl

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Osipova, V.V., Snopkova, E., Tabeeva, G. (2015). Migraine in the Elderly. In: Siva, A., Lampl, C. (eds) Case-Based Diagnosis and Management of Headache Disorders. Headache. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06886-2_16

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