Migraine prevalence in male to female transsexuals on hormone therapy

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 593-594

  Pringsheim, Tamara ^a,c   Gooren, Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE; ESTROGEN; NITRIC OXIDE; SEX HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSEXUAL; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE AURA; NETHERLANDS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD PREVALENCE RATIO; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENSION HEADACHE; TRANSSEXUALISM; VASODILATATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 3543071696     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000130338.62037.CC     Document Type: Article

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