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. 2007 May;78(5):544–545. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.093484

Table 1 Patients: previous headache history and relevant clinical data.

n Age (years), sex Handed‐ness Oldfield index Age at migraine onset (years) Usual migraine attacks Attacks with crossed aphasia Imaging
Duration of aura Aphasic symptoms Localising signs Attack witnessed Repetition of CA attacks
MWA VARS MwoA
1 19, M RH 100 18 Visual, sensory aphasic aura 8 No 20–90 min Anomia L hemianopia Yes Yes CT
L paresthesias MRI
L hemiparesis
2 46, M RH 36 Visual and aphasic aura 10 No 10 min Anomia semantic paraphasias L hemianopia Yes family Yes CT
3 20, F RH 100 9 Visual and sensory aura 8 Yes 60 min Anomia speech programming impairment L hemianopia No Yes CT
L paresthesias
4 23, M RH 80 12 Visual aura 8 No 4 h Cannot organise sentences paraphasias L hemianopia Yes ER No CT
L paresthesias MRI
L hemiparesis
5 34, M RH 100 12 Visual sensory aura 5 Yes 60–120 min Stereotype “hum” paraphasias L paresthesias Yes ER Yes CT
MRI

CA, crossed aphasia; ER, emergency room; F, female; L, left; M, male; RH, right handed; MWA, migraine with aura; MWoA, migraine without aura; VARS, Visual Aura Rating Scale.