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Migraine in women: the role of hormones and their impact on vascular diseases

Overview of attention for article published in The Journal of Headache and Pain, February 2012
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#7 of 1,564)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (93rd percentile)

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2 blogs
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25 X users
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4 Facebook pages
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Title
Migraine in women: the role of hormones and their impact on vascular diseases
Published in
The Journal of Headache and Pain, February 2012
DOI 10.1007/s10194-012-0424-y
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Authors

Simona Sacco, Silvia Ricci, Diana Degan, Antonio Carolei

Abstract

Migraine is a predominantly female disorder. Menarche, menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause, and also the use of hormonal contraceptives and hormone replacement treatment may influence migraine occurrence. Migraine usually starts after menarche, occurs more frequently in the days just before or during menstruation, and ameliorates during pregnancy and menopause. Those variations are mediated by fluctuation of estrogen levels through their influence on cellular excitability or cerebral vasculature. Moreover, administration of exogenous hormones may cause worsening of migraine as may expose migrainous women to an increased risk of vascular disease. In fact, migraine with aura represents a risk factor for stroke, cardiac disease, and vascular mortality. Studies have shown that administration of combined oral contraceptives to migraineurs may further increase the risk for ischemic stroke. Consequently, in women suffering from migraine with aura caution should be deserved when prescribing combined oral contraceptives.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 2 <1%
Netherlands 2 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 295 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 54 18%
Student > Master 37 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 34 11%
Student > Postgraduate 28 9%
Researcher 25 8%
Other 44 15%
Unknown 78 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 118 39%
Neuroscience 22 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 15 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 10 3%
Other 31 10%
Unknown 93 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 480. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 April 2024.
All research outputs
#56,721
of 25,822,778 outputs
Outputs from The Journal of Headache and Pain
#7
of 1,564 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#196
of 169,001 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Journal of Headache and Pain
#1
of 16 outputs
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