Cluster headache in women: clinical characteristics and comparison with cluster headache in men
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Cluster headache in women: clinical characteristics and comparison with cluster headache in men.
OBJECTIVE To study the clinical characteristics of cluster headache in women. Cluster headache is a disorder of men (male to female ratio 6-7:1). METHODS Retrospective chart review to identify all women diagnosed with cluster headache at an academic headache centre from January 1995 through July 1998. RESULTS Thirty two women and 69 men were identified. The mean age of onset of cluster head...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.70.5.613