The frequency and pattern of headache in menopausal women

Menopause International

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 61-64

  Hodson, Jean ^a   Al Azzawi, Farook ^b  

^a Menopause Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Medicine Dentistry and Biomedical Science   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

headache; HRT; menopause; migraine; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990318015     PISSN: 17540453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136218079800400208     Document Type: Article

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