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Current Pain and Headache Reports
Published in: Current Pain and Headache Reports 5/2012

01-10-2012 | Perimenstrual Headache (S Evers, Section Editor)

Comorbidity in Perimenstrual Migraine

Authors: Marianna Nicodemo, Sabina Cevoli, Giulia Giannini, Pietro Cortelli

Published in: Current Pain and Headache Reports | Issue 5/2012

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Abstract

Comorbidity may be defined as the association of two or more diseases in individuals at a frequency greater than that expected statistically by chance. Studying the co-occurrence of two disorders requires a careful statistical analysis before any clear conclusion on causality is reached. Many studies have looked for an association between migraine and many diseases, reporting several sometimes controversial comorbidities in migraine subjects. Although migraine is more common in women than in men, very few studies have analyzed the comorbidity of perimenstrual migraine, a migraine sub-type characterized by attacks of migraine without aura related to menstruation. We review the studies on migraine comorbidities, particularly migraine without aura in women.
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Metadata
Title
Comorbidity in Perimenstrual Migraine
Authors
Marianna Nicodemo
Sabina Cevoli
Giulia Giannini
Pietro Cortelli
Publication date
01-10-2012
Publisher
Current Science Inc.
Published in
Current Pain and Headache Reports / Issue 5/2012
Print ISSN: 1531-3433
Electronic ISSN: 1534-3081
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-012-0281-z

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