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. 1990 Dec;53(12):1060–1062. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.53.12.1060

Correlation between essential tremor and migraine headache.

N Biary 1, W Koller 1, P Langenberg 1
PMCID: PMC488315  PMID: 2292698

Abstract

The relationship between essential tremor (ET) and migraine was investigated in a prospective study. In a group of 74 ET patients 36.5% had migraine compared with 17.7% of 102 control subjects without tremor. In a group of 58 patients with migraine 17.2% had ET compared with 1.2% of 85 controls without migraine. The prevalence of ET in migraine controls was greater than controls without migraine (22% compared with 1%; p = 0.002). It is concluded that there is an association between essential tremor and migraine.

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