title: Migraine attacks, aura, and polycythemia: a vasculoneural pathogenesis?
abstract: Headache is a frequent symptom of polycythemia. A case study of a polycythemia vera patient affected by migraines, with and without aura, who developed headache attacks with aura in association with elevated haematocrit and haemoglobin levels is presented. A vasculoneural pathogenesis is supposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Bologna, via Ugo Foscolo no. 7, 40123, Bologna, Italy. michelangelo.sm@libero.it
authors.forename: Michelangelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stanzani Maserati
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006400:Hematocrit / Q000379:methods; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D020325:Migraine with Aura / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D006454:Hemoglobins