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Review
. 2008 Jun 28;336(7659):1502-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39559.675891.AD.

Migraine in pregnancy

Peter J Goadsby  1 , Jay Goldberg, Stephen D Silberstein
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Review

Migraine in pregnancy

Peter J Goadsby et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

The authors explore whether migraine affects pregnancy, how pregnancy alters migraine, and how to treat and prevent migraine in pregnancy

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Conflict of interest statement

Contributors: PJG wrote the first draft. SDS and JG reviewed the manuscript and made substantial contributions to the content. PJG acts as guarantor.

Competing interests: None declared.

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