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visual aura

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aura, visualĀ 
Visual sensations that precede an epileptic attack or a migraine. These sensations may appear as light flashes, scintillating scotomata, etc.


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WASHINGTON -- Migraines in midlife with accompanying visual aura predict later-life brain infarcts, according to a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Neurological Association.
Visual aura is the most common of the neurological events.
11,18,20) The most commonly encountered aura type is visual, followed by sensorial, aphasic, and motor auras, respectively, which are rarely encountered alone but rather accompany visual aura.
 
 
 
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