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An epidemiological study to assess migraine prevalence in a sample of Italian population presenting to their GPs
M Roncolato1, L Fabbri, G Recchia
1Medical Department, GlaxoWellcome, Verona, Italy. mar2799@glaxowellcome.co.uk
European Neurology
|February 25, 2000
Abstract:
This multicentre, observational, cross-sectional study was conducted to determine migraine prevalence in a sample of population presenting to their GPs. The study covered all the patients who visited the GPs practice, for any reason, on 5 consecutive days of 2 different weeks. A total of 71,588 patients were interviewed by 902 GPs. The prevalence of migraine in this sample was 11.6%.