The Association of Brainstem Lesions With Migraine‐Like Headache: An Imaging Study of Multiple Sclerosis

Objective.—To determine if the prevalence of migraine‐like headache in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) is associated with plaques in the brainstem or in other locations.

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