Headaches during pregnancy in women with a prior history of menstrual headaches
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Headaches during pregnancy in women with a prior history of menstrual headaches.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the presence of menstrual headaches prior to pregnancy according to the International Headache Society (IHS) classification criteria, 2004, and also study the outcome (frequency and intensity) of these pre-existing headaches during the gestational trimesters. METHOD This study involved 1,101 pregnant women (12 to 45 years old). A semi-structured questionnaire was used to...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2005000600006