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Gender Differences in Imaging Studies in Migraine

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Migraine is a common neurological disorder that is characterized by recurrent intermittent headaches (1–14 headache days per month in episodic migraine and >14 headache days in chronic migraine) that last 4–72 h. Migraine is considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be in the top 20 causes of disability worldwide [1] and affects patients during their formative and most productive periods of their lives. In the United States, migraine affects 30 million adults, and some 17% of American children have headaches including migraine [2] (Fig. 8.1).

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Maleki, N. (2019). Gender Differences in Imaging Studies in Migraine. In: Maassen van den Brink, A., MacGregor, E. (eds) Gender and Migraine. Headache. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02988-3_8

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