Original Article

The Epidemiology of Migraine and Its Relationship W ith IQ

  • Mualla Bozkurt
  • Orhan Yağız
  • Himmet Dereci
  • Aysel Tekeşin
  • İlkay Yıldırım
  • Arif Çakır
  • İlker Memiş

İstanbul Med J 2005;6(4):24-25

In this study we accept 75 patients who have migraine diagnose according to Internatıonal Headache Socıety's criterions. We classifıed the patients according to their sex, ages, educatıon level, andjobs.The patients were between I5-67 ages. W e appreciate the patients IQ by 'Alexander practical intelligency test'. Wefound out that the migraine patients are not more intelligent and do not have a higher education level than we thought.

Keywords: Migraine, IQ