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Prognosis Of Migraines
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The exact causes of migraine are unknown. Doctors think that migraine may start with an underlying central nervous system disorder. When triggered by various stimuli, this disorder may set off a chain of neurologic and biochemical events, some of which subsequently affect the brain's blood vessel (vascular) system.
There is certainly a strong genetic component to migraine. Several different genes are likely to be involved in the great majority of migraine cases.
Numerous other brain...
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