Transgender and Migraine: Impact of Hormone Therapy
January 2019
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Studysummary This source suggests that migraine prevalence increases in transgender women using oestrogen and decreases in transgender men using testosterone, with high oral oestrogen doses in transgender women potentially linked to aura risk.
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