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Table 7 Visual Aura Rating Scale (VARS)

From: Hormonal contraceptives and risk of ischemic stroke in women with migraine: a consensus statement from the European Headache Federation (EHF) and the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health (ESC)

Visual symptom

Risk score

Duration 5–60 min

3

Develops gradually over 5 min

2

Scotoma

2

Zigzag line (fortification)

2

Unilateral (homonymous)

1

Migraine with aura diagnosis

≥5

  1. From Eriksen MK et al. Cephalalgia 2005;25:801–810 [61]
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