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ReviewNature reviews. Neurology2009

Migraine during pregnancy: is it more than a headache?

Stephen A Contag, Heather L Mertz, Cheryl D Bushnell

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Review in Nature reviews. Neurology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Headache and pregnancy: a systematic review.The journal of headache and pain · 2017
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  5. The Impact of Parental Migraine on Children.Current pain and headache reports · 2021
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  7. Acute Onset Neurological Disorders during Pregnancy: A Literature Review.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2017
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  8. Article
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  11. Migraine and preterm birth.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2011
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  12. Diagnosis of acute headache.Current pain and headache reports · 2011
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Stephen A ContagDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
Heather L Mertz
Cheryl D Bushnell

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Migraine headaches have a female predominance with a peak in prevalence in the third and fourth decades of life. Women of reproductive age are liable to develop their first migraine while pregnant or exhibit changes in the character, frequency or severity of their headaches during pregnancy and the puerperium. The purpose of this Review is to examine the pathophysiology underlying the development of migraine headaches and the association of this pathophysiology with pregnancy-related complications. We also discuss the diagnosis and management of migraine headaches that precede pregnancy or develop de novo during pregnancy, placing an emphasis on the distinction between primary migraine headache and headache secondary to pre-eclampsia--a relatively frequent complication of pregnancy and the puerperium. We present the case of a woman with a history of migraine headaches before pregnancy, whose symptoms progressed during pregnancy in part because of increasing exposure to narcotic medications. We also review the options for migraine evaluation and treatment, and provide an overview of the risks associated with the different treatment options.

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Diagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansMigraine DisordersPre-EclampsiaPregnancyPregnancy Complications

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