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Camp Hill
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Abuse and Migraine
Biomarkers: Adipokines
Biomarkers: CGRP, Serotonin, and Migraine
Biomarkers: Lipids and Sphingolipids
Cluster Headache
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Diet, Weight Loss, and Migraine
Estrogen and Migraine
Imaging, Stroke, and Migraine
Mindfulness
Mood Disorders and Migraine
Obesity and Migraine
Pain
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Migraine
Pregnancy, Lactation, and Migraine
Refractory Headache
Sex and Gender in Migraine
Sleep and Migraine
Social Selection vs Causation in Migraine
Suicide and Headache Disorders
Treatment for Migraine
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Abuse and Migraine
Biomarkers: Adipokines
Biomarkers: CGRP, Serotonin, and Migraine
Biomarkers: Lipids and Sphingolipids
Cluster Headache
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Diet, Weight Loss, and Migraine
Estrogen and Migraine
Imaging, Stroke, and Migraine
Mindfulness
Mood Disorders and Migraine
Obesity and Migraine
Pain
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Migraine
Pregnancy, Lactation, and Migraine
Refractory Headache
Sex and Gender in Migraine
Sleep and Migraine
Social Selection vs Causation in Migraine
Suicide and Headache Disorders
Treatment for Migraine
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Obesity and Migraine

  1. Body composition status and the risk of migraine: A meta-analysis. Neurology. 2017

  2. Author response: Body composition status and the risk of migraine: A meta-analysis. Neurology 2018

  3. Objectively measured physical activity in obese women with and without migraine. Cephalalgia. 2015

  4. Migraine and obesity: moving beyond BMI. Future Neurol. 2014

  5. Headache and obesity in the pediatric population. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2014

  6. Obesity and headache: part I--a systematic review of the epidemiology of obesity and headache. Headache. 2014

  7. Obesity and headache: Part II--potential mechanism and treatment considerations. Headache. 2014

  8. Episodic migraine and obesity and the influence of age, race, and sex. Neurology. 2013

  9. The association of obesity with episodic and chronic migraine. Headache. 2012

  10. Body mass index and adult weight gain among reproductive age women with migraine. Headache. 2011

  11. Migraine and obesity: epidemiology, mechanisms, and implications. Headache. 2010

  12. Obesity and migraine: the effect of age, gender and adipose tissue distribution. Headache. 2010

  13. Self-reported vs measured body mass indices in migraineurs. Headache. 2009

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