¿Este paciente con dolor de cabeza tiene una migraña o necesita neuroimagen?

Michael E Detsky1, Devon R McDonald, Mark O Baerlocher

  • 1Faculty of Medicine, Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.

JAMA
|September 14, 2006
PubMed
Resumen

El diagnóstico de la migraña y la determinación de la necesidad de neuroimagen pueden ser ayudados por elementos específicos de la historia clínica del paciente. Cuatro características clave identifican con precisión la migraña, mientras que otras indican posibles anormalidades intracraneales que requieren una mayor investigación.

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