Serum Magnesium Level and Pediatric Migraine

Aim: The purpose of this study is to compare serum magnesium levels between patients with migraine and a control group and to examine the relationship between the frequency and duration of attacks in patients with migraine and mean serum magnesium levels. Material-Method: Patients diagnosed presenting to the Balıkesir University Medical Faculty pediatric neurology clinic between 01.09.2019 and 01.04.2023 and diagnosed with migraine were enrolled retrospectively. Patients diagnosed with migraine were included as the study group and healthy children presenting to the pediatric neurology clinic in the same period as the control group. The demographic characteristics (age, sex, and body mass index) of the patient group and their clinical (attack durations and frequencies, symptoms during attacks, and treatments) and laboratory (hemoglobin, hematocrit, platelet, glucose, calcium, magnesium, vitamin D, folate and ferritin levels) characteristics were recorded.