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. 2010 Jun 17;3(6):1966–1987. doi: 10.3390/ph3061966

Table 1.

General diagnostic criteria for Migraine [2].

Migraine without aura
A. At least 5 attacks fulfilling criteria B–D
B. Headache attacks lasting 4–72 hours (untreated or unsuccessfully treated)
C. Headache has at least 2 of the following characteristics:
-Unilateral location
-Pulsating quality
-Moderate or severe pain intensity
-Aggravation by or causing avoidance of routine physical activity
D. During headache at least 1 of the following:
-Nausea and/or vomiting
-Photophobia and phonophobia
E. Not attributed to another disorder
Migraine with aura
A. At least 2 attacks fulfilling criteria B–D
B. Aura consisting of at least one of the following, but no motor weakness:
-fully reversible visual symptoms including positive features (e.g., flickering lights, spots or lines) and/or negative features ( i.e. , loss of vision)
-fully reversible sensory symptoms including positive features ( i.e. , pins and needles) and/or negative features ( i.e. , numbness)
-fully reversible dysphasic speech disturbance
C. Art least two of the following:
-homonymous visual symmptoms1 and/or unilateral sensory symptoms
-at least one aura symptom develops gradually over ≥5 minutes and/or different aura symptoms occur in succession over ≥5 minutes
-each symptom lasts ≥5 and <60 minutes
D. Headache fulfilling criteria B–D for migraine without aura begins during the aura or follows aura within 60 minutes
E. Not attributed to another disorder