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Sleep apnoea and poor sleep quality in patients with chronic migraine

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Chronic migraine is a debilitating condition that arises from the worsening of episodic migraine. A large population-based questionnaire study showed that individuals with chronic migraine reported more sleep apnoea and worse sleep quality than individuals with episodic migraine. This finding provides important insights into the association between sleep disturbances and chronic migraine.

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Fig. 1: Sleep quality in participants of the Chronic Migraine Epidemiology and Outcomes (CaMEO) study.

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M.K.C. is supported by a new faculty research seed money grant from Yonsei University College of Medicine for 2018 (2018-32-0037).

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M.K.C. declares that he has served as a site investigator for a multicentre trial sponsored by Eli Lilly, Novartis International and Otsuka Korea; is an advisory committee member for Teva; and has received lecture honoraria from Allergan Korea and the Yuyu Pharmaceutical Company.

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Chu, M.K. Sleep apnoea and poor sleep quality in patients with chronic migraine. Nat Rev Neurol 15, 130–131 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-018-0124-6

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