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. 2020 Mar 1;77(3):392-393.
doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.4050.

Episodic Visual Snow Associated With Migraine Attacks

Julius Hodak  1 , Urs Fischer  1 , Claudio L A Bassetti  1 , Christoph J Schankin  1
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Episodic Visual Snow Associated With Migraine Attacks

Julius Hodak et al. JAMA Neurol. .

Abstract

This case series describes 3 individuals with episodic visual snow, co-occurring with migraines.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Fischer reports grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation, Swiss Heart Foundation, and Medtronic and served as a consultant for Stryker, Medtronic, and CSL Behring outside the submitted work. Dr Schankin reports grants from Swiss Heart Foundation outside the submitted work; personal fees from Novartis, Eli Lilly and Company, Almirall, and Allergan outside the submitted work; and personal fees and nonfinancial support from Teva Pharmaceuticals and Amgen outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.. Visual Snow Resembling the View of a Badly Tuned Analog Television
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