Is iron deficiency anemia related to menstrual migraine? - Post hoc analysis of an observational study evaluating clinical characteristics of patients with menstrual migraine

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 389-394

  Vukovic Cvetkovic, Vlasta ^a   Plavec, Davor ^b   Lovrencic Huzjan, Arijana ^a   Galinovic, Ivana ^c   Šeric, Vesna ^a   Demarin, Vida ^a  

^a University Department of Neurology   (Croatia)

^b SREBRNJAK CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anemia, iron deficiency; Estrogens metabolism; Menstrual cycle; Migraine disorders etiology; Migraine disorders physiopathology

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PURE MENSTRUAL MIGRAINE; MENSTRUATION;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 80052822651     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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