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Uncertainty about the diagnosis may lead to missed opportunities to prevent stroke if TIA is treated as migraine, or overtreatment if migraine is treated as TIA. This project aims to define the risk of stroke for people with migrainous symptoms reviewed as suspected TIA and develop a risk assessment tool that could promote standardisation of care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods and analysis<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The project involves two interlinked studies:<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>(1) Study A: prospective observational cohort study.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>Setting: NHS TIA and stroke services.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>Population: adults with migrainous symptoms undergoing review for suspected TIA by a TIA\/stroke service and the initial specialist clinician symptom-based diagnosis is either possible migraine or possible TIA with migrainous symptoms.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>Data collection: baseline clinical characteristics, investigations and treatments. 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