European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 182-185 , March 2009

Post-traumatic stress disorder is not over-represented in a sample population of migraine patients

  • Gal Ifergane

      Affiliations

    • Headache Clinic, Department of Neurology, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • ,
  • Dan Buskila

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine H and Rheumatic Disease Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • ,
  • Nino Simiseshvely

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine H and Rheumatic Disease Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • ,
  • Alan Jotkowitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine H and Rheumatic Disease Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Pnimit VAV, Soroka Medical Center, PO Box 151, Beer-Sheva, Israel. Tel.: +972 86403355; fax: +972 86477633.
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  • Zeev Kaplan

      Affiliations

    • Anxiety and Stress Research Unit, Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    • ,
  • Hagit Cohen

      Affiliations

    • Anxiety and Stress Research Unit, Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Received 17 October 2007 ,Revised 28 April 2008 ,Accepted 1 May 2008.

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PII: S0953-6205(08)00163-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2008.05.001

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 182-185 , March 2009

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