title: Migraine and vertigo: a marriage of convenience?
abstract: "Migraine associated vertigo" is emerging as a popular diagnosis for patients with recurrent vertigo. However, in view of our current understanding of both migraine and vertigo, "migraine associated vertigo," in contrast to basilar artery migraine, is neither clinically nor biologically plausible as a migraine variant.
authors.affiliation: Neurotology Unit, Division of Otolaryngology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Longridge
authors.forename: Arthur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mallinson
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012008:Recurrence; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*