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Blood Magnesium levels in migraineurs within and between the headache attacks: a case control study
INTRODUCTION: Some probable mechanisms have been described to the relationship between magnesium (Mg) level and migraine headache attacks. In the study reported here, we sought to determine the total Mg serum status of patients with migraine within and between the headache attacks and compare it wit...
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The African Field Epidemiology Network
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3343674/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22593782 |
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author | Samaie, Afshin Asghari, Nabiollah Ghorbani, Raheb Arda, Jafar |
author_facet | Samaie, Afshin Asghari, Nabiollah Ghorbani, Raheb Arda, Jafar |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Some probable mechanisms have been described to the relationship between magnesium (Mg) level and migraine headache attacks. In the study reported here, we sought to determine the total Mg serum status of patients with migraine within and between the headache attacks and compare it with non-migraineurs. METHODS: This study was performed on 50 migraineurs patients diagnosed according to the International Headache Society (IHS) criteria for acute migraine headache. Fifty healthy subjects without any family history or evidences of migraine were randomly selected from hospital personnel as the control group. Serum Mg level was measured by Xylidyl blue method. RESULTS: In the group with migraine headache, no significant difference was found in the serum total Mg levels within and between migraine headache attacks (1.86 ± 0.41 mg/dl versus 1.95 ± 0.35 mg/dl, p = 0.224). But, serum total Mg level was notably lower in the group with these attacks compared to the control group (1.86 ± 0.41 mg/dl versus 2.10 ± 0.23 mg/dl, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Serum Mg level is on average significantly reduced in patients with migraine compared to the healthy group. However, the serum total Mg levels in migraineurs remained constant within and between migraine headache attacks. |
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spelling | pubmed-33436742012-05-16 Blood Magnesium levels in migraineurs within and between the headache attacks: a case control study Samaie, Afshin Asghari, Nabiollah Ghorbani, Raheb Arda, Jafar Pan Afr Med J Short Communication INTRODUCTION: Some probable mechanisms have been described to the relationship between magnesium (Mg) level and migraine headache attacks. In the study reported here, we sought to determine the total Mg serum status of patients with migraine within and between the headache attacks and compare it with non-migraineurs. METHODS: This study was performed on 50 migraineurs patients diagnosed according to the International Headache Society (IHS) criteria for acute migraine headache. Fifty healthy subjects without any family history or evidences of migraine were randomly selected from hospital personnel as the control group. Serum Mg level was measured by Xylidyl blue method. RESULTS: In the group with migraine headache, no significant difference was found in the serum total Mg levels within and between migraine headache attacks (1.86 ± 0.41 mg/dl versus 1.95 ± 0.35 mg/dl, p = 0.224). But, serum total Mg level was notably lower in the group with these attacks compared to the control group (1.86 ± 0.41 mg/dl versus 2.10 ± 0.23 mg/dl, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Serum Mg level is on average significantly reduced in patients with migraine compared to the healthy group. However, the serum total Mg levels in migraineurs remained constant within and between migraine headache attacks. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2012-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3343674/ /pubmed/22593782 Text en © Afshin Samaie et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Short Communication Samaie, Afshin Asghari, Nabiollah Ghorbani, Raheb Arda, Jafar Blood Magnesium levels in migraineurs within and between the headache attacks: a case control study |
title | Blood Magnesium levels in migraineurs within and between the headache attacks: a case control study |
title_full | Blood Magnesium levels in migraineurs within and between the headache attacks: a case control study |
title_fullStr | Blood Magnesium levels in migraineurs within and between the headache attacks: a case control study |
title_full_unstemmed | Blood Magnesium levels in migraineurs within and between the headache attacks: a case control study |
title_short | Blood Magnesium levels in migraineurs within and between the headache attacks: a case control study |
title_sort | blood magnesium levels in migraineurs within and between the headache attacks: a case control study |
topic | Short Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3343674/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22593782 |
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