PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Mannix, Lisa K. AU - Diamond, Merle AU - Loder, Elizabeth TI - Women and headache: A treatment approach based on life stages DP - 2002 Jun 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 488--500 VI - 69 IP - 6 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/69/6/488.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/69/6/488.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2002 Jun 01; 69 AB - Effective headache management in women requires an understanding of the unique epidemiologic and pathophysiologic factors affecting women. We present preventive, abortive, and nonpharmacologic approaches to headache treatment that vary with the chronologic and hormonal stages of a woman’s life, with special attention to headache during pregnancy and later in life.