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Less than half of patients with migraine are diagnosed; many are misdiagnosed.

Is there a way to make the diagnosis of migraine less difficult?

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  • Retrospective analysis of 4 discrete research databases.
  • Single-, two-, and three-variable models of predictors tested.
  • Optimal models for diagnosis determined.
What makes nausea the optimal model for abbreviated diagnostic criteria?
In this study, nausea was the optimal single-variable model as a predictor of migraine.

  
Vincent T. Marting, MD

Meet Dr. Martin



Vincent T. Martin, MD

Division: General Internal Medicine

Title: Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Education: University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, BS, 1980; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, MD, 1984

Training: Internal Medicine Residency, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 1984–1987; General Internal Medicine Fellowship, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 1987–1988; Chief Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 1988–1989

Clinical Interests: Headache disorders,
migraine headaches

Research Interests: Diagnosis of migraine headache, the role of female ovarian hormones in the provocation of migraine headache, menstrual migraine, role of allergic disorders in the provocation of migraine headache

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