Sex differences in the prevalence, symptoms, and associated features of migraine, probable migraine and other severe headache: Results of the American Migraine prevalence and prevention (AMPP) study

Headache

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1278-1299

  Buse, Dawn C ^a,b   Loder, Elizabeth W ^c,d   Gorman, Jennifer A ^e   Stewart, Walter F ^f   Reed, Michael L ^g   Fanning, Kristina M ^g   Serrano, Daniel ^g   Lipton, Richard B ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Sutter Health ^*

^f SUTTER HEALTH   (United States)

^g VEDANTA RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

headache; headache related disability; health care resource utilization; migraine; probable migraine; sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE AURA; NAUSEA; PHONOPHOBIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS HEADACHE; TENSION HEADACHE; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

HEADACHE; HEADACHE-RELATED DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE RESOURCE UTILIZATION; MIGRAINE; PROBABLE MIGRAINE; SEX DIFFERENCES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884135007     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/head.12150     Document Type: Article

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