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Case Reports
. 2012 Apr;52(4):663-71.
doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2012.02114.x. Epub 2012 Mar 8.

The association of obesity with episodic and chronic migraine

Randolph W Evans  1 , Michelle A Williams, Alan M Rapoport, B Lee Peterlin
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Case Reports

The association of obesity with episodic and chronic migraine

Randolph W Evans et al. Headache. 2012 Apr.

Abstract

About 18% of adolescents and 33% of adults are obese in the United States. Recent studies demonstrating an association between migraine and obesity raise fascinating questions about the mechanism for this association and suggest new potential avenues of treatment for migraine.

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Conflict of Interest: The authors report no conflict of interest.

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