Below
is a list of several medical and scientific
studies on Basilar Artery Migraine (also called "Bickerstaff's
Syndrome"), mostly with abstracts. Many mention various methods
of treatment that have found success in individual cases.
If you have been diagnosed with Basilar Artery Migraine (I call
it BAM for short), or if you think you may have Basilar Artery Migraine,
you may wish to print out some of these abstracts, along with other
pertinent pages from this site, and discuss the information with
your general practitioner or neurologist. Information on these studies
is provided here as found in libraries of medical abstracts.
Basilar Artery Migraine can be treated, but there is no one treatment
that is right for everybody who has it. The importance of having
(or finding) a good, knowledgeable clinician simply cannot be overstressed.
Bahemuka M (1981) Basilar artery migraine in a child: excellent
response to propranolol. East Afr Med J 58:75-79 (No abstract available)
Bernsen HJ, Van de Vlasakker C, Verhagen WI, Prick MJ (1990) Basilar
artery migraine stroke. Headache 30:142-144
Cohn DF, Vardi Y, Flechter S, Streifler M (1980) [Basilar
artery migraine]. [German. Schweiz Med Wochenschr 110:26-28
Diamond S (1987) Basilar artery migraine. A commonly misdiagnosed
disorder. Postgrad Med 81:45-46 (No abstract available)
Drabek P (1989) [Basilar
artery migraine]. [Czech. Cesk Neurol Neurochir 52:424-428
Finelli PF (1978) Confusional state and basilar artery migraine
[letter]. Neurology 28:1201 (No abstract available)
Freitag FG (1989) Migraine
headache variants. [Review]. Clin J Pain 5:11-17
Frequin ST, Linssen WH, Pasman JW, Hommes OR, Merx HL (1991) Recurrent
prolonged coma due to basilar artery migraine. A case report.
Headache 31:75-81
Ganji S (1986) Basilar artery migraine: EEG and evoked potential
patterns during acute stage. Headache 26:220-223 (No abstract available)
Ganji S, Hellman S, Stagg S, Furlow J (1993) Episodic
coma due to acute basilar artery migraine: correlation of EEG and
brainstem auditory evoked potential patterns. Clin Electroencephalogr
24:44-48
Golden GS, French JH (1975) Basilar
artery migraine in young children. Pediatrics 56:722-726
Harker LA, Rassekh CH (1987) Episodic
vertigo in basilar artery migraine. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
96:239-250
Jacome DE (1987) EEG features in basilar artery migraine. Headache
27:80-83 (No abstract available)
Jacome DE, Leborgne J (1990) MRI
studies in basilar artery migraine. Headache 30:88-90
LaWall JS, Oommen KJ (1978) Single
case study basilar artery migraine presenting as conversion hysteria.
J Nerv Ment Dis 166:809-811
Lapkin ML, Golden GS (1978) Basilar
artery migraine. A review of 30 cases. Am J Dis Child 132:278-281
Lapkin ML, French JH, Golden GS, Rowan AJ (1977) The
electroencephalogram in childhood basilar artery migraine. Neurology
27:580-583
Lempert T, Menzhausen L, Tiel-Wilck K (1993) [Migraine:
differential diagnosis in episodic vertigo]. [German. Nervenarzt
64:121-126
Love JT Jr (1978) Basilar
artery migraine presenting as fluctuating hearing loss and vertigo.
Otolaryngology 86:ORL450-8
McDonald JV (1990) Basilar
artery migraine. Case report. J Neurosurg 72:289-291
Morimoto Y, Nakajima S, Nishioka R, Nakamura H (1993) [Basilar
artery migraine with transient MRI and EEG abnormalities]. [Japanese.
Rinsho Shinkeigaku 33:61-67
Muellbacher W, Mamoli B (1994) Prolonged
impaired consciousness in basilar artery migraine. Headache
34:282-285
Parain D, Samson-Dollfus D (1984) Electroencephalograms
in basilar artery migraine. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol
58:392-399
Sabharwal RK, Mehndiratta MM, Gupta M, Anjaneyulu A, Malhotra LK,
Khwaja G (1990) Cerebellar
and thalamic infarctions in basilar artery migraine. J Assoc
Physicians India 38:237-238
Schlake HP, Hofferberth B, Grotemeyer KH, Husstedt IW (1989) Electronystagmographic
investigations in migraine and cluster headache during the pain-free
interval. Cephalalgia 9:271-275
Seto H, Shimizu M, Futatsuya R, Kageyama M, Wu Y, Kamei T, Shibata
R, Kakishita M (1994) Basilar
artery migraine. Reversible ischemia demonstrated by Tc-99m HMPAO
brain SPECT. Clin Nucl Med 19:215-218
Smith MS, Glass ST (1989) An
adolescent girl with headache and syncope. J Adolesc Health
Care 10:54-56
Sturzenegger MH, Meienberg O (1985) Basilar artery migraine: a
follow-up study of 82 cases. Headache 25:408-415 (No abstract available)
Swanson JW, Vick NA (1978) Basilar
artery migraine 12 patients, with an attack recorded electroencephalographically.
Neurology 28:782-786
Talwar D, Rask CA, Torres F (1992) Clinical
manifestations in children with occipital spike-wave paroxysms.
Epilepsia 33:667-674
Yamane K, Hashimoto S, Kobayashi I, Maruyama S (1989) [Basilar
artery migraine associated with transient global amnesia]. [Japanese].
No To Shinkei 41:1103-1107
