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CARDENAS GIRAUDY, Aida; RODRIGUEZ PONS, Orlando; MILERA RODRIGUEZ, Yadelky  e  ORTEGA PERDOMO, Leicy. The common migraine and the menstrual cycle: clinical study in adolescents. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2010, vol.82, n.1. ISSN 0034-7531.

INTRODUCTION: Treatment of migraine related to different phases of menstrual cycle is controversial since in many occasions there are endogenous and exogenous special situations of hormonal type to be considered. Medical literature documents that about 60% of women presenting with migraine have a menstrual type very difficult to treat. The objective of present research was to analyze the relation between migraine y and menstruation in a series of patients seen in "Wiliam Soler" Children University Hospital. METHODS: From January to June, 2008 124 adolescents were studied referred to infantile-juvenile gynecology consultation and also with migraine. From total sample we selected those with migraine related to menstrual cycle (n = 70). RESULTS: In 55,7% of cases the migraine onset was observed in the early adolescence. In 85,71% of adolescents there were genetic risk factors for migraine, and in the 50% of cases, this appeared in the premenstrual phase. CONCLUSIONS: The common migraine was frequent in the phase above mentioned with a significant hormonal presence.

Palavras-chave : Common migraine; menstruation; Genetics; premenstrual syndrome; menstrual cycle.

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