Sex matters: Evaluating sex and gender in migraine and headache research

Headache

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 839-842

  Peterlin, B Lee ^a,e   Gupta, Saurabh ^b   Ward, Thomas N ^c   MacGregor, Anne ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d City of London Migraine Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

animal models; gender; headache; reproductive; research; sex

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIGRAINE; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 79958172205     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2011.01900.x     Document Type: Review

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