"Menstrual" migraine: Towards a definition

Cephalalgia

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-21

  MacGregor, E A ^a,b  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Migraine; Oestrogen; Oestrogen withdrawal; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; MIGRAINE; REVIEW; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 0030026052     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1996.1601011.x     Document Type: Review

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