Open AccessPatterns of Migraine in Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Raffaele Ornello,
Valeria Caponnetto,
Ilaria Frattale,
Simona Sacco
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s285863
Subject(s) - migraine , medicine , menopause , observational study , hormone replacement therapy (female to male) , randomized controlled trial , population , estrogen , sumatriptan , pediatrics , testosterone (patch) , receptor , environmental health , agonist
Migraine prevalence is higher in fertile than in postmenopausal women. However, few literature data are available on the prevalence and characteristics of migraine after the menopause and on the effect of hormones in postmenopausal women with migraine.