This is a thick, well researched bookshelf manual, especially helpful for the medical literature reviews of various migraine types.

The author's perspective is a bit old-school, though up to date. He's interested only in medical documentation (and not alternative medicine). His chapter intros are stories of a patient's interaction with an MD, and those stories are a bit forced. But it's a good reference, especially good at the literature reviews for the various flavors of migraine.

The Kindle version is poorly formatted with bad chapter and section markers that are easy to miss. ( )

Migraine is an enormous health problem and is the most common medical condition for women. Most books on headache have short chapters on migraine but this is a comprehensive textbook written from an evidence based medical perspective. Teaching type patient dialogues are included for the clinical chapters on migraine along with an up to date review of current therapy. Cutting edge issues such as medication overuse headache and an indepth summary of the history of migraine are included. The author has also written on unusual and rare migraine associated conditions such as: Footballer's migraine, Retinal migraine, Vertigo and migraine, Primary headache associated with sexual activity, and Confusional migraine.